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Section 8 Attendance, information and evidence.I1F1

England, Wales and Scotland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • s. 8(1A) words substituted by 2009 c. 24 s. 32(3)(a) (as substituted) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 Sch. 7 para. 16(3)
(F21)

Regulations may make provision for requiring a claimant F3(other than a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance)—

(a)

to F4participate in an interview in such manner, time and place as F5an employment officer may specify; and

(b)

to provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to his circumstances, his availability for employment and the extent to which he is actively seeking employment.

(F61A)

Regulations may make provision—

(a)

for requiring each member of a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance to participate in an interview in such manner, time and place as F7an employment officer may specify;

(b)

for requiring a member of such a couple to provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to his circumstances, his availability for employment and the extent to which he is actively seeking employment;

(c)

for requiring such a couple to jointly provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to the circumstances of each or either member of the couple, the availability for employment of each or either member of the couple and the extent to which each or either member of the couple is actively seeking employment;

(d)

where any requirement to provide information or evidence is imposed on such a couple by virtue of paragraph (c), for the joint obligation of the couple to be capable of being discharged by the provision of the information or evidence by one member of the couple.

(2)

Regulations under subsection (1) F8or (1A) may, in particularF9 provide for entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance to cease at such time as may be determined in accordance with any such regulations if, when a person fails to comply with such regulations, that person (or, if that person is a member of a joint-claim couple, either member of the couple) does not make prescribed contact with an employment officer within a prescribed period of the failure.

(ca)

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(d)

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(2A)

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(3)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 6-6L substituted for ss. 6-10 (25.2.2013 for specified purposes, 29.4.2013 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 49(3), 150(3); S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 11; S.I. 2013/983, art. 7(1)(b) (with art. 7(2)) (as amended: (1.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1511, art. 6)

F2

Ss. 6-6L substituted for ss. 6-10 (25.2.2013 for specified purposes) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 49(3), 150(3); S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 11

F3

Words in s. 8(1) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 7(2); S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)

F4

Words in s. 8(1)(a)(1A)(a) substituted (8.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 45, 150(3); S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(1)

F5

Words in s. 8(1)(a) substituted (11.11.1999) by 1999 c. 30, ss. 70, 89(4)(b), Sch. 8 Pt. V para. 29(3)(a)

F6

S. 8(1A) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 7(3); S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)

F7

Words in s. 8(1A)(a) (as originally enacted) substituted (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 48, 150(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(2); S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(f)

F8

Words in s. 8(2) inserted (19.3.2001) by 1999 c. 30, s. 59, Sch. 7 para. 7(4); S.I. 2000/2958, art. 2(2)

F9

Words in s. 8(2) substituted for s. 8(2)(a)-(c) (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 48, 150(3), Sch. 7 para. 2(3); S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(f)

F10

S. 8(2)(ca) repealed (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 147, 150(3), {Sch. 14 Pt. 3)}; S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(g)

F11

S. 8(2)(d) repealed (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 147, 150(3), {Sch. 14 Pt. 3)}; S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(g)

F12

S. 8(2A)(3) repealed (22.10.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), ss. 147, 150(3), {Sch. 14 Pt. 3)}; S.I. 2012/2530, art. 2(2)(g)

Commencement

I1

S. 8 wholly in force at 7.10.1996; s. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 41(2); s. 8 in force (12.12.1995) for the purpose of authorising the making of regulations by S.I. 1995/3228, art. 2(b), Sch.; s. 8 in force (7.10.1996) in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/2208, art. 2(b)