PART II JOBSEEKING

Chapter IV Attendance, Information and Evidence

Entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply

25.—(1) [F1Entitlement] to a jobseeker’s allowance shall cease in the following circumstances—

[F2(a)if a claimant fails to attend on the day specified in a relevant notification, and fails to make contact with an employment officer in the manner set out in that notification before the end of the period of five working days beginning with the first working day after the day on which the claimant failed to attend;]

(b)if–

[F3(i)[F4that claimant] attends on the day specified in a [F5relevant notification] but fails to attend at the time specified in that [F6notification] F7..., 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 [F6notification] may result in his entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance ceasing [F8or the benefit not being payable for a period], and]

(ii)he fails to attend at the time specified in such a [F6notification] on the next occasion; [F9and]

[F10(iii)that claimant fails to make contact with an employment officer in the manner set out in such a notification before the end of the period of five working days beginning with the first working day after the day on which that claimant failed to attend at the time specified;]

(c)[F11subject to regulation 27,] if [F4that 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).

[F12(1A) In this regulation and in regulations 27A, 28 and 30—

“relevant notification” means a notification under regulation 23 or 23A, other than a notification requiring attendance under an employment programme or a training scheme [F13or under the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme];

“working day” means any day on which the appropriate office is not closed.]

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

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)