Paragraph 4

A person who is in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance within the meaning of section 1 of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f1 and—

(a)

has parental responsibilities for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person; or

(b)

is in receipt of a qualifying component.

Annotations

f1: 1995 c. 18. Section 1 was amended by Schedules 7 and 13 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 and Schedule 3 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007. It was also amended by sections 44 and 49 of, and Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and these amendments have been brought into force for certain purposes. It is prospectively amended by section 61 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.