# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Homeless Claimants) Amendment Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996


(1) Regulation 14 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2), for “paragraph (2ZB)” substitute “paragraphs (2ZB), (2ZC) and (2ZD)”.
(3) After paragraph (2ZB), insert—
“(2ZC) A person who has recently become homeless shall be treated as available for employment under paragraph (2)(b) only where he takes such steps as are reasonable for him to take to find living accommodation.
(2ZD) A person to whom paragraph (2ZC) applies may be treated as available for employment under paragraph (2)(b) for periods of longer than one week and on more than 4 occasions in any 12 months.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1623/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-homeless-claimants-amendment-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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