The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1 Applicable 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) F2 except 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

F4 (iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F5 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F6 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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).

F7 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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

F1 Reg. 148A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 47

F2 Words 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))

F3 Words in reg. 148A(1)(c) inserted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(b)

F4 Reg. 148A(1)(a)(iv) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(a)(i)

F5 Reg. 148A(1)(b) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(a)

F6 Reg. 148A(1)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(a)(ii)

F7 Reg. 148A(1A) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Reg. 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)

C2 Reg. 148A(1)(a)(i): sum maintained (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(i) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/552), art. 24(11), Sch. 19

C3 Reg. 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

C4 Reg. 148A(1)(d): sum confirmed (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(j) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/522), art. 24(11), Sch. 19