Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

3.  After sub-paragraph (e) of paragraph (3) of regulation 47 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) (jobseeking period) there shall be inserted–

“(f) subject to regulation 2A(2), any period in respect of which the claimant is not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because section 1(1A) of the Administration Act(3) (requirement to state national insurance number) applies.”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207. Regulation 47 was amended by S.I. 1996/1517 and 2538 and 1999/714.

(2)

Regulation 2A was inserted by S.I. 1997/2676.

(3)

1992 c. 5. Section 1(1A) was inserted by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47), section 19.