5. After regulation 30 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1), there shall be inserted the following regulation—
30A. Where—
(a)an award of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance has been awarded to a joint-claim couple;
(b)that couple ceases to be a joint-claim couple; and
(c)the member of the joint-claim couple nominated for the purposes of section 3B of the Jobseekers Act cannot be traced,
arrears on the award of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance shall be paid to the other member of the former joint-claim couple.”.
S.I. 1987/1968.