# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, Regulation 146G: Applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples


(1) 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—
(a) 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—
(i) either pregnant or seriously ill, or
(ii) a member of a polygamous marriage and one of the members of that marriage is pregnant or seriously ill, or
(b) 40% of the amount specified in paragraph 1(1)(e) of Schedule 1 in all other cases.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/regulation/146G (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-146G
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