# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work for Your Benefit Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010, Regulation 5: Requirement to participate in the Scheme and notification


(1) Subject to regulation 6, a claimant (“C”) selected in accordance with regulation 3 or 4 is required to participate in the Scheme where C is given or sent a notice in writing by an officer of the Secretary of State stating that C is required to do so.
(2) Subject to regulation 6, C is required to participate in the Scheme for a total of 26 weeks, beginning with the day specified in the notice.
(3) The notice must specify that if C fails to participate in the Scheme, C’s jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.
(4) Where C participated in the Scheme on a previous occasion for less than 26 weeks, C is to be treated as having completed so much of the Scheme as is equal to the period of C’s previous participation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111493496/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jobseekers-allowance-work-for-your-benefit-pilot-scheme-regulations-2010/regulation-5
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