Part IIThe Jobseeker's Allowance
Trade disputes
F1Trade disputes: joint-claim couples17A
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Articles 16 and 17 shall, in relation to a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance, apply in accordance with this Article.
2
Where each member of the couple is prevented by Article 16 from being entitled to a jobseeker's allowance, the couple are not entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance.
3
But where only one member of the couple is prevented by that Article from being entitled to a jobseeker's allowance, the couple are not for that reason alone prevented from being entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance.
4
Article 17(1) does not have effect in relation to the couple but, except in prescribed circumstances, Article 17(2) applies for the purposes of calculating the couple's entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance where—
a
a member of the couple, or
b
any other person who is a member of any family of which the couple are members,
is, or would be, prevented by Article 16 from being entitled to a jobseeker's allowance.
5
Where Article 17(2) applies in relation to the couple by virtue of paragraph (4), that provision and Article 17(4) apply with the following modifications—
a
references to the claimant are to be taken as references to the couple;
b
references to “A” are to the person mentioned in paragraph (4)(a) or (b);
c
Article 17(2)(b) has effect as if for “where the claimant and A are a F2couple,” there were substituted “where A is a member of the couple,”; and
d
Article 17(2)(c)(ii) has effect as if for “of his family” there were substituted “of any family of which the couple are members”.