# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000, Paragraph 33


In regulation 78 (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a member of the household)—
(a) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the members of a joint-claim couple shall be treated for the purposes of the Act as members of the same household notwithstanding that they are temporarily living away from each other.”;
(b) in paragraph (2) for the words “Paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;
(c) in paragraph (3)—
(i) for the words “Paragraph (1)” there shall be substituted the words “Paragraphs (1) and (1A)”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (c), for the words “the claimant” there shall be substituted the words “a claimant”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1978/schedule/2/paragraph/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-joint-claims-regulations-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-33
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