The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1 [F2 Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: lone parents with children aged 5 not in full-time education

17B   A lone parent shall be treated as available for employment in any week where—

(a) the lone parent is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child who is aged 5;

(b) the child—

(i) is nor receiving full-time education by regular attendance at school or otherwise; and

(ii) is not required by law to receive full-time education; and

(c) it would be unreasonable for the lone parent to make other arrangements for the care of that child.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 14A(10) substituted (2.12.2019) by The Children and Social Work Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments) (Social Workers) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1094), reg. 1, Sch. 3 para. 1,

F2 Reg. 17B inserted (21.5.2012) by The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/874), regs. 1(2), 3(2)