Regulation 7 Circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to an offender who is a person in hardship

This regulation applies to a person in hardship within the meaning of regulation 6(1) and is subject to the provisions of regulations 9 and 10.

An income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable to a person in hardship even though section 62(2) of the Act prevents payment of a jobseeker’s allowance to him but the allowance shall be payable only if and for so long as he satisfies the conditions for entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance.