# Jobseekers Act 1995, Paragraph 9C

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance of persons who become members of a joint-claim couple as a result of the couple of which they are members becoming a joint-claim couple.
(2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide—
(a) for any claim made by either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be given effect as a claim made by the couple;
(b) for any award, or any replacement award (within the meaning of paragraph 9A), made in respect of either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be replaced by an award (a “new award”) in respect of the couple.

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