PART III OTHER CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT

Waiting Days46.

(1)

Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act shall not apply in a case where–

(a)

a person’s entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance commences within 12 weeks of an entitlement of his to income support, incapacity benefitF1, employment and support allowance or F2carer’s allowance coming to an end; or

(b)

a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance falls to be determined by reference to section 3(1)(f)(ii) (persons under the age of 18)F3; or

F4(c)

a joint-claim couple are entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance in respect of themselves and that paragraph of that Schedule has already applied to one member of that couple in respect of a jobseeking period which is linked to a jobseeking period relating to that member which has commenced by virtue of his having claimed a jobseeker’s allowance as a member of that couple;

(d)

a joint-claim couple have claimed a jobseeker’s allowance jointly within 12 weeks of either member of that couple being entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance, income support, incapacity benefitF5, employment and support allowance or F2carer’s allowance;

(e)

a member of a joint-claim couple is both in receipt of a training allowance and the nominated member for the purposes of section 3B.

(2)

In the case of a person to whom paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act applies, the number of days is F67.