F1PART IAJOINT-CLAIM COUPLES
Further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance3D
1
Subject to paragraph (2), a joint-claim couple are entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance where—
a
the members of that couple claim a jobseeker’s allowance jointly;
b
one member satisfies the conditions set out in section 1(2)(a) to (c) and (e) to (i); and
F2c
the other member satisfies the condition in section 1(2)(e) and (h) but is not required to satisfy the other conditions in section 1(2B)(b) because, subject to paragraph (3), he is a person to whom any paragraph in Schedule A1 applies; and
d
the conditions set out in section 3A are satisfied in relation to the couple.
2
A member of a joint-claim couple who falls within any paragraph in Schedule A1 for the purposes of this regulation for any day in a benefit week shall fall within that category for the whole of that week.
3
Subject to paragraph (4), paragraph 2 of Schedule A1 (students) may only apply to a member of a joint-claim couple in respect of one claim for a jobseeker’s allowance made jointly by that couple in respect of a jobseeking period applying to the other member of that couple.
4
Notwithstanding paragraph (3), paragraph 2 of Schedule A1 may apply to a member of a joint-claim couple in respect of a further claim for a jobseeker’s allowance made jointly by the couple where the couple’s previous entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance ceased because one member of the couple—
a
was engaged in remunerative work;
b
had been summoned to jury service; or
c
was within a linked period as prescribed in regulation 48(2).
Pt. 1A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), regs. 1(1), 2(2)