Social Security Amendment (Joint Claims) Regulations 2001
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2001/518 |
| Year | 2001 |
(1) These Regulations shall be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Joint Claims) Regulations 2001 and shall, subject to paragraph (2) below, come into force on 19th March 2001.(2) Regulation 2(1) to (4) , (6) and (7) of these Regulations shall come into force immediately after the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (2) In regulation 3A(1) (prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of section 1(4) ) , after the words “where at least one member” there shall be inserted the words “ is aged 18 or over and ” .(3) For regulation 3D(1) (c) (further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) , there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“ 16 hours or more ” .(5) At the end of regulation 47(4) (b) (ii) (jobseeking period) , there shall be added the words “ or on which the claimant is a member of a joint-claim couple and a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is not payable or is reduced because he is subject to sanctions by virtue of section 20A ” .in the heading, for “Regulation 3D(1) (c) (iii) ” there shall be substituted “ Regulation 3D(1) (c) ” ;for paragraph 2(1) and (2) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—
- (c) the other member satisfies the condition in section 1(2) (e) and (h) but is not required to satisfy the other conditions in section 1(2B) (b) because, subject to paragraph (3) , he is a person to whom any paragraph in Schedule A1 applies; and
- (1) A member—
- (a) who, at the date of claim, is aged 16 or over but under 19 and is receiving full-time education for the purposes of section 142 of the Benefits Act;
- (b) who, at the date of claim, is a full-time student; or
- (c) to whom (a) or (b) does not apply but to whom sub-paragraph (1A) or (2) does apply.
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