Regulation 146G Applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couplesF1C1
The weekly applicable amount of the joint-claim couple to whom a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable in accordance with this Part of these Regulations shall be reduced by a sum equivalent to—
20% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in a case where a member of a joint-claim couple is—
either pregnant or seriously ill, or
a member of a polygamous marriage and one of the members of that marriage is pregnant or seriously ill, or
40% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in all other cases.
A reduction under paragraph (1) shall, if it is not a multiple of 5p, be rounded to the nearest such multiple or, if it is a multiple of 2.5p but not of 5p, to the next lower multiple of 5p.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Pt. 9A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
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Reg. 146G(1) substituted (13.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(4)(b), 4(11)
Modifications
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Regs. 146E-146H modified (22.11.2010) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work for Your Benefit Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1222), regs. 1(2), 11
- C2
Reg. 146G(1): sum confirmed (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)(k) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/260), arts. 1(2)(k), 24(1)(8), Sch. 12
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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- F2
Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".
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1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
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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 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
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See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).