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The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000

S.I. 2000/1978 · Made 24 July 2000

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 24th July 2000

Laid before Parliament 27th July 2000

Coming into force 19th March 2001

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulation 2(2) and (5) of these Regulations (in so far as regulation 2(5) relates to paragraphs 2 to 9 and 18 to 32 of Schedule 2 to these Regulations), and the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to the remainder of these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(2C), (2D) and (4), 3(1)(f)(iii) and (2), 3A(1)(e)(ii), 4(5), 8(1A)(a) to (c) and (2), 9(1) and (10), 12(1), (2) and (4)(a) and (b), 13(2A), 17(1A), 19(8) and (10), 20(4) and (6), 20A(3), (5)(b), (6), (8) and (9), 20B(3) to (8), 21, 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraphs 1, 4, 5, 8A(1) and (2), 9, 9A to 9D, 10(1) to (4), 11(2), 12 and 15 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995f1, section 171D, 171G(2) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f2 and sections 72(1) and 83(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999f3 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, by this Instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, provisions of section 59 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of those provisionsf4, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1995 c. 18; sections 1(2C) and (2D), 3A, 8(1A), 13(2A), 17(1A), 20A and 20B and paragraphs 8A and 9A to 9D of Schedule 1 were inserted, and section 1(4) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 were amended, by section 59 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “employment”, “jobseeking period”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.

f2

1992 c. 4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act.

f3

1999 c. 30.

f4

See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) and section 91(3) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Amendment of the principal Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  5. Schedule 2: AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS
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  64. Explanatory note