PART II JOBSEEKING
Chapter II Availability for Employment
Circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available15
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A person shall not be regarded as available for employment in the following circumstances—
F8a
subject to paragraph (2), if he is full-time student during the period of study;
b
F3bb
if the period beginning on the date of claim and ending on the day before the beginning of the first week after the date of claim is less than 7 days, for that period, unless he is treated as available for employment for that period in accordance with regulation 14;
bc
c
if she is in receipt of maternity allowance or maternity pay in accordance with section 35 or sections 164-171 respectively of the Benefits Act.
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Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), a full-time student shall be regarded as available for employment during the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course, but only if the first and second conditions are satisfied.
3
The first condition is satisfied if—
a
in the case of a student with a partner, the partner is also a full-time student and either of them is treated as responsible for a child or a young person; or
b
in any other case, the student is treated as responsible for a child or young person.
4
The second condition is satisfied if the student is—
a
available for employment in accordance with this Chapter; or
b
treated as available for employment in accordance with regulation 14(1)(a) or (k).