The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Contents of Jobseeker’s Agreement E+W+S

31.  The prescribed requirements for a jobseeker’s agreement are that it shall contain the following information—

(a) the claimant’s name;

(b) where the hours for which the claimant is available for employment are restricted in accordance with regulation 7, the total number of hours for which he is available and any pattern of availability;

(c) any restrictions on the claimant’s availability for employment, including restrictions on the location or type of employment, in accordance with regulations 5, 8, 13[F1 , 13A] and 17;

(d) a description of the type of employment which the claimant is seeking;

(e) the action which the claimant will take–

(i) to seek employment; and

(ii) to improve his prospects of finding employment;

(f) the dates of the start and of the finish of any permitted period in his case for the purposes of sections 6(5) and 7(5);

(g) a statement of the claimant’s right–

(i) to have a proposed jobseeker’s agreement referred to [F2 the Secretary of State];

(ii) to seek a [F3 revision or supersession] of any determination of, or direction given by, [F2 the Secretary of State]; and

(iii) to appeal to a [F4 an appeal tribunal] against any determination of, or direction given by, [F2 the Secretary of State] [F5 following a revision or supersession ].

(h) the date of the agreement.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 31(c) inserted (26.4.2010) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/837), regs. 1(2), 2(11)

F2 Words in reg. 31(g) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 2

F3 Words in reg. 31(g)(ii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(a)

F4 Words in reg. 31(g)(iii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(b)(i)

F5 Words in reg. 31(g)(iii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(b)(ii)