[F1Period when a joint-claim couple is not in hardship
146B.—(1) A joint-claim couple which is not a couple in hardship by virtue of regulation 146A(5) shall not be a couple in hardship throughout the period beginning on the day on which a New Deal decision has effect by virtue of regulation 69 or, as the case may be, by virture of regulation 7(8) of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 in relation to either or both members of that couple and ending—
(a)on the last day on which a member is required to participate in a New Deal option [F2or in the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv)] [F3or in the Flexible New Deal]; or
(b)on the day which is 14 days after the day on which the New Deal decision had effect,
whichever is the later.
(2) Where a joint-claim couple who are not a couple in hardship by virtue of regulation 146A(5) was a couple in hardship for the purposes of regulation 146D immediately before the commencement of the period referred to in paragraph (1), that couple shall, subject to paragraph (3), again become a couple in hardship for the purposes of regulation 146D on the day following the expiration of that period.
(3) A joint-claim couple to whom paragraph (2) applies shall not again become a couple in hardship for the purposes of regulation 146D if—
(a)the day following the day the period referred to in paragraph (1) expires is a day within a period in respect of which a subsequent New Deal decision applies by virtue of paragraph (1); or
(b)on the day following the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (1), they are not a couple in hardship for the purposes of regulation 146D.
(4) In this regulation, “New Deal decision” means a decision that section 20A(2)(b) or (c) applies to a member of a joint-claim couple by virtue of an act or omission relating to one of the New Deal options][F4or to the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv)] [F5or to the Flexible New Deal.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 9A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
F2Words in reg. 146B(1)(a) added (9.4.2001) by The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1029), regs. 1(1), 10(1)
F3Words in reg. 146B(1)(a) inserted (5.10.2009) by The Social Security (Flexible New Deal) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/480), regs. 1(3), 2(11)(a)
F4Words in reg. 146B(4) added (9.4.2001) by The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1029), regs. 1(1), 10(2)
F5Words in reg. 146B(4) added (5.10.2009) by The Social Security (Flexible New Deal) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/480), regs. 1(3), 2(11)(b)