The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, Paragraph 14 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 05 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
14. A member who is a refugee within the definition in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees done at Geneva on 28th July 1951 as extended by Article 1(2) of the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees done at New York on 31st January 1967 and who—
(a)is attending for more than 15 hours a week a course for the purpose of learning English so that he may obtain employment; and
(b)on the date on which that course commenced, had been in Great Britain for not more than 12 months,
but only for a period not exceeding nine months.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. A1 inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), regs. 1(1), 2(4), Sch. 1
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