The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply

25.—(1) Subject to regulation 27, entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance shall cease in the following circumstances—

(a) if [F1 a claimant] fails to attend on the day specified in a [F2 notification] under regulation 23 [F3 or 23A], other than a [F2 notification] requiring attendance under an employment programme or a training scheme;

(b) if–

[F4 (i) [F5 that claimant] attends on the day specified in a [F2 notification] under regulation 23 [F3 or 23A] but fails to attend at the time specified in that [F2 notification] (other than a [F2 notification] requiring attendance under an employment programme or a training scheme), and the Secretary of State has informed the claimant in writing that a failure to attend, on the next occasion on which he is required to attend, at the time specified in such a [F2 notification] may result in his entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance ceasing, and]

(ii) he fails to attend at the time specified in such a [F2 notification] on the next occasion;

(c) if [F5 that claimant] was required to provide a signed declaration as referred to in regulation 24(6) and he fails to provide it on the day on which he ought to do so in accordance with regulation 24(10).

(2) In this regulation, “an employment programme" and “a training scheme" have the meaning given in regulation 75.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 25(1)(a) substituted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(a)

F2 Word in reg. 25 substituted (11.9.2000) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2194), regs. 1, 2(4)

F3 Words in reg. 25(1)(a)(b) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(b)

F4 Reg. 25(1)(b)(i) substituted (25.3.1999) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/530), regs. 1, 2

F5 Words in reg. 25(1)(b)(c) substituted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 4(c)