The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (Higher-Level Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013

4.  In the table in paragraph (1) of regulation 19 (higher-level sanction) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013(1)—

(a) in the row beginning “where there have been one or more previous relevant failures by the claimant and the date of the most recent previous relevant failure is within 365 days”—

(i) in paragraph (b) (182 days), in the second column (reduction period), for “1095 days” substitute “182 days”;

(ii) omit paragraph (c) (1095 days) and the corresponding entry in the second column;

(b) in the row beginning “where there have been one or more previous relevant failures by the claimant and the date of the most recent previous relevant failure is within 14 days”, omit paragraph (c) (1095 days) and the corresponding entry in the second column.

(1)

S.I. 2013/378, amended by S.I. 2016/678; there is another amending instrument but it is no longer relevant.