# Jobseekers Act 1995, Paragraph 9A


(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance of persons (“ex-members”) who cease to be members of a joint-claim couple.
(2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide—
(a) for treating each or either of the ex-members as having made any claim made by the couple or, alternatively, for any such claim to lapse;
(b) for any award made in respect of the couple to be replaced by an award (a “replacement award") in respect of each or either of the ex-members of the couple or, alternatively, for any such award to lapse.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/18/schedule/1/paragraph/9A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-act-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-9A
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