SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7 Joint claims for jobseeker’s allowance
Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18)
I1C12
1
Section 1 (entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (2) (conditions of entitlement), for paragraph (d) (claimant must satisfy conditions set out in section 2 or 3) substitute—
d
satisfies the conditions set out in section 2;
3
F1After subsection (2) insert—
2A
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a claimant who is not a member of a joint-claim couple is entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance if he satisfies—
a
the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) and (e) to (i) of subsection (2); and
b
the conditions set out in section 3.
2B
Subject to the provisions of this Act, a joint-claim couple are entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance if—
a
a claim for the allowance is made jointly by the couple;
b
each member of the couple satisfies the conditions set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) and (e) to (i) of subsection (2); and
c
the conditions set out in section 3A are satisfied in relation to the couple.
2C
Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which subsection (2A) is to apply to a claimant who is a member of a joint-claim couple.
2D
Regulations may, in respect of cases where a person would (but for the regulations) be a member of two or more joint-claim couples, make provision for only one of those couples to be a joint-claim couple; and the provision which may be so made includes provision for the couple which is to be the joint-claim couple to be nominated—
a
by the persons who are the members of the couples, or
b
in default of one of the couples being so nominated, by the Secretary of State.
4
F1In subsection (4)—
a
in the definition of “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”, at the end insert “
or a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance;
” and
b
after that definition insert—
“a joint-claim couple” means a married or unmarried couple who—
- a
are not members of any family whose members include a person in respect of whom a member of the couple is entitled to child benefit, and- b
are of a prescribed description;
“a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” means a jobseeker’s allowance entitlement to which arises by virtue of subsection (2B).