Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations3
1
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
2
In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts)—
a
in paragraph 5 M1, for the words “paragraphs 10" there shall be substituted the words “
paragraphs 9A
”
;
b
after paragraph 8 there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
Bereavement Premium9A
1
Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the condition is that the claimant—
a
had, as at 9th April 2001, attained the age of 55 but not the age of 60;
b
was in receipt of, but is no longer entitled to, a bereavement allowance under section 39B of the Benefits Act in respect of the death of a spouse who died on or after 9th April 2001; and
c
is claiming a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant.
2
A premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall not be applicable in respect of a claimant who claims a jobseeker’s allowance more than 8 weeks after the last day on which he was entitled to a bereavement allowance.
3
Where a claimant to whom a premium under sub-paragraph (1) is applicable, ceases to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to be a single claimant, a premium under sub-paragraph (1) shall only again be applicable to that claimant where he claims a jobseeker’s allowance as a single claimant no more than 8 weeks after the date on which he ceased to be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance or to income support or, as the case may be, to be a single claimant.
c
immediately before sub-paragraph (2) in the table in paragraph 20 there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph respectively in each column—
(1A)Bereavement Premium.
(1A)£15.30.
3
After sub-paragraph (c) of paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—
d
any widowed mother’s allowance paid pursuant to section 37 of the Benefits Act;
e
any widowed parent’s allowance paid pursuant to section 39A of the Benefits Act.