[F112.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies if in any week a person is engaged in voluntary work and—
(a)he has restricted the total number of hours for which he is available in accordance with regulation 7(2), 13(3) or (4) or 17(2); and
(b)the hours in which he is engaged in voluntary work fall in whole or in part within his pattern of availability.
(2) In determining whether a person to whom this paragraph applies is available for employment no matter relating to his voluntary work shall be relevant providing—
(a)on being given one week’s notice, he is willing and able to re-arrange the hours in which he is engaged in voluntary work in order to take up employment at times falling within his pattern of availability; and
(b)on being given 48 hours' notice, he is willing and able to re-arrange the hours in which he is engaged in voluntary work in order to attend for interview at times falling within his pattern of availability in connection with the opportunity of any such employment; and
(c)he complies with the requirements of regulation 6.
(3) In paragraph (2) “week” means any period of seven consecutive days.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 12 substituted (1.1.2003) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3072), regs. 1(b), 4