Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 13
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Amendment Regulations 2008
Made
8th January 2008
Laid before Parliament
14th January 2008
Coming into force
25th February 2008
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2C) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of, and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995( 1 ).
The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 25th February 2008.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
2. —(1)The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3A(1) (prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of section 1(4))( 4 ), for “1957” substitute “1947”.
(3) In regulation 3E(2)(l)( 5 ) (entitlement of a member of a joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance without a claim being made jointly by the couple), for “27th October 2002” substitute “24th February 2008”.
(4) Omit regulation 3F (transitional case couples: prescribed circumstances and period for the purposes of paragraph 8A(2) of Schedule 1).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
9th January 2008
1995 c.18 . Section 1(2C) was inserted by, and section 1(4) was amended by, paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30) . Section 1(4) was also amended by paragraph 118 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33) . Section 35(1) is cited because of the meaning it gives to the words “prescribed” and “regulations” (both of those meanings were amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c.2) ). Section 36(4) was amended by paragraph 63 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999. Paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 was inserted by paragraph 16 of Schedule 1 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.
See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) .
S.I. 1996/207 . Regulations 3A, 3E and 3F were inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 .
Regulation 3E(2)(l) was inserted by S.I. 2002/1701 .