The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Sanctions

67.—(1) Without prejudice to any other circumstances in which a person may be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(5)(b), and in addition to the circumstances listed in regulation 73, a young person is to be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) where

(a) this is the first occasion on which he has done an act or omission falling within section 19(5)(b) and he has not while claiming a jobseekers allowance failed to pursue an opportunity of obtaining training without good cause or rejected an offer of training without good cause or failed to complete a course of training and no certificate has been issued to him under subsection (4) of section 17 with respect to that training; and

(b) at the time he did the act or omission falling within section 19(5)(b)(i), (ii) or (iv) he was not a new jobseeker or, in the case of an act or omission falling within section 19(5)(b)(iii), at the time he first attended the scheme or programme he was not a new jobseeker.

(2) Without prejudice to any other circumstances in which a person may be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(6)(c) or (d), a young person is to be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(6)(c) or (d) where the employer did not offer suitable training unless he falls within regulation 61(1)(a) or (f) or his jobseeker’s allowance has been reduced in accordance with regulation 63 or in accordance with regulation 68 because he has done an act or omission falling within section 19(5)(b) or (c) or section 19(6)(c) or (d) or rendered not payable in accordance with section 19(6)(a) or (b) read with Part V.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “new jobseeker” means a young person who has not since first leaving full-time education been employed or self-employed for 16 or more hours per week or completed a course of training or failed to complete a course of training and no certificate has been issued to him to show good cause for that failure under subsection (4) of section 17 or done an act or omission falling within section 19(5)(b)(iii) without good cause or done an act or omission falling within section 19(5)(c).