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The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013

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32.—(1) In such cases and subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may specify, the duty in regulation 31(4) to notify a change of circumstances may be discharged by notifying the Secretary of State as soon as reasonably practicable—

(a)where the change of circumstances is a birth or death, through a local authority, or a county council in England, by personal attendance at an office specified by that authority or county council, provided the Secretary of State has agreed with that authority or county council for it to facilitate such notification; or

(b)where the change of circumstances is a death, by telephone to a telephone number specified for that purpose by the Secretary of State.

(2) In this regulation “local authority” has the same meaning as in section 191 of the Administration Act(1).

(1)

1992 c.5. The definition of “local authority” was amended by paragraph 94 of Schedule 16 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c.19) and paragraph 175 of Schedule 13 to the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39).

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