SCHEDULES
I1SCHEDULE 1 Supplementary Provisions
Claims yet to be determined and suspended payments
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In such circumstances as may be prescribed—
a
a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance other than a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance,
b
a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance, or
c
a member of such a couple,
may be treated as being entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance before his or (as the case may be) the couple’s claim for the allowance has been determined.
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A jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) only if the claimant has complied with such requirements as to the provision of information as may be prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.
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Regulations may make provision for a jobseeker’s allowance payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) to be—
a
payable at a prescribed rate;
b
payable for a prescribed period;
c
treated as being a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance for the purposes of section 5 of this Act.
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Regulations may make provision—
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as to whether the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is recoverable;
b
for the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) to be treated, if an award is made on the claim referred to there, as having been paid on account of the jobseeker’s allowance awarded;
c
for the whole or part of any amount paid by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) to be treated, if the suspension referred to there is lifted, as having been paid on account of the suspended allowance.
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References in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) to an income-based jobseeker's allowance include a payment by way of such an allowance under section 19C.
Sch. 1 wholly in force at 7.10.1996; Sch. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(2); Sch. 1 in force (12.12.1995) for the purpose of authorising the making of regulations by S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.; Sch. 1 in force (7.10.1996) in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)