The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1Applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples

148A.—(1) For the purpose of calculating any entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance under this Part—

(a)F2except in a case to which sub-paragraph ...(c) or (d) applies, a joint-claim couple’s weekly applicable amount shall[F3, subject to paragraph (1A),] be the aggregate of—

(i)90 per cent. of the amount applicable (reduced where appropriate in accordance with regulation 146G (applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples)) in respect of the couple under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, the amount applicable in respect of them under regulation 86B (joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages);

(ii)the amount, if applicable, specified in Part IVA of Schedule 1 (premiums);

(iii)any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs); and

(iv)the amount, if applicable, specified in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1;

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)where a member of a joint-claim couple is in residential accommodation, the weekly applicable amount shall be 98 per cent. of the amount referred to in column (2) of paragraph 9 of Schedule 5A (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) which is applicable to the couple;

(d)except where sub-paragraph F2...(c) applies, in the case of a member of a joint-claim couple to whom any paragraph of Schedule 5A (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) applies, the amount shall be 90 per cent. of the amount applicable in column (2) of that Schedule in respect of the joint-claim couple plus, if applicable—

(i)any premium under Part IVA of Schedule 1;

(ii)any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs).

[F5(1A) Paragraph (1)(c) shall only apply where the member of the joint-claim couple was resident in residential accommodation on 7th April 2002 and shall only continue to apply to that couple after that date for so long as that member continues to be resident in such accommodation.]

(2) Where the calculation of a joint-claim couple’s applicable amount under this regulation results in a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be treated as a penny.]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in reg. 148A omitted (8.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/3767 Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(za)(bb) (as inserted by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/398), regs. 1, 4(3)(b))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Reg. 148A applied (temp. from 28.11.2000 until 27.11.2001) by The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/3134), regs. 1(1)(b), 10(2) (with reg. 19)

C2Reg. 148A(1)(a)(i) sum confirmed (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(i)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(i), 23(11), Sch. 15

C3Reg. 148A(1)(c) sum confirmed (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(i)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(i), 23(11), Sch. 15

C4Reg. 148A(1)(d) sum confirmed (7.4.2003 for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(i)) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/526), arts. 1(2)(i), 23(11), Sch. 15