Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) by prescribing that a joint-claim couple shall include those childless couples where at least one member was born after 28th October 1957. They also allow one member of such a couple to continue to claim a jobseeker’s allowance where that member was entitled to that allowance on 27th October 2002, but only until the member of the couple who is not entitled to an allowance on that day is notified that he or she is required to attend at a time and place specified by an employment officer.

These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.