# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, Regulation 147: Urgent cases


(1) In a case to which this regulation applies, a claimant’s weekly applicable amount and his income and capital shall be calculated for the purposes of an income-based jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with the following provisions of this Part.
(2) This regulation applies in accordance with the following provisions to–
(a) a claimant to whom paragraph (2A) applies (persons not excluded from income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act);
(b) a claimant to whom paragraph (6) (certain persons whose income is not readily available to them) applies.
(2A) This paragraph applies to a person not excluded from entitlement to income-based jobseeker’s allowance under section 115 of the Immigration and Asylum Act by virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Immigration and Asylum) Consequential Amendments Regulations 2000 except for a person to whom paragraphs 3 and 4 of Part I to the Schedule to those Regulations applies.
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(6) This paragraph shall only apply to a person who is treated as possessing income by virtue of regulation 105(6) and (7) (notional income) where the income he is treated as possessing is not readily available to him; and—
(a) the amount of jobseeker’s allowance payable to him otherwise than under this Part is less than the amount of a jobseeker’s allowance payable to him under this Part; and
(b) the Secretary of State is satisfied that, unless the provisions of this Part are applied to the claimant, the claimant or his family will suffer hardship.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/regulation/147 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-147
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