{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 1 for sub-paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“\n(3)Couple—\n(a)where both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(i)at least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or\n(ii)had they not been members of a couple,, each would have qualified for income support under regulation 4ZA; or\n(iii)the claimant’s partner satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iv)there is in force in respect of the claimant’s partner a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(3) (a)£57.20\n(b)where both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within any of the circumstances specified in paragraph 1A;\n(b)£37.90\n(c)where both members are aged less than 18 and heads (a) and (b) do not apply;\n(c)£28.85\n(d)where both members are aged not less than 18;\n(d)£75.20\n(e)where one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(i)qualifies for income support under regulation 4ZA,, or who would so qualify if he were not a member of a couple; or\n(ii)satisfies the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); or\n(iii)is the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(e)£75.20\n(f)where the claimant is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(i)would not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)does not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)is not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship);\n(f)£37.90\n(g)where the claimant is aged not less than 25 and his partner is a person under 18 who—\n(i)would not qualify for income support under regulation 4ZA if he were not a member of a couple; and\n(ii)does not satisfy the requirements of section 3(1)(f)(iii) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (prescribed circumstances for persons aged 16 but less than 18); and\n(iii)is not the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (persons under 18: severe hardship)..\n(g)£47.90\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/206/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:29.737068+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}