{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-148A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-148A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/207",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/148A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "148A",
  "heading": "Applicable amount in urgent cases: joint-claim couples",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of calculating any entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance under this Part—\n(a) except in a case to which sub-paragraph ...(c) or (d) applies, a joint-claim couple’s weekly applicable amount shall, subject to paragraph (1A), be the aggregate of—\n(i) 90 per cent. of the amount applicable (reduced where appropriate in accordance with regulation 146G (applicable amount in hardship cases for joint-claim couples)) in respect of the couple under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 or, as the case may be, the amount applicable in respect of them under regulation 86B (joint-claim couples: polygamous marriages);\n(ii) the amount, if applicable, specified in Part IVA of Schedule 1 (premiums);\n(iii) any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs); and\n(iv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) except where sub-paragraph ...(c) applies, in the case of a member of a joint-claim couple to whom any paragraph of Schedule 5A (applicable amounts of joint-claim couples in special cases) applies, the amount shall be 90 per cent. of the amount applicable in column (2) of that Schedule in respect of the joint-claim couple plus, if applicable—\n(i) any premium under Part IVA of Schedule 1;\n(ii) any amounts applicable under regulation 86A(d) or, as the case may be, 86B(e) (housing costs).\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Where the calculation of a joint-claim couple’s applicable amount under this regulation results in a fraction of a penny that fraction shall be treated as a penny.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. X revoked in part (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3228), reg. 2(1)(b) (with reg. 2(2)-(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 148A inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 47"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 148A omitted (8.4.2002) by S.I. 2001/3767 Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(za)(bb) (as inserted by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/398), regs. 1, 4(3)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 148A(1)(c) inserted (8.4.2002) by The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1)(a)(iv) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1)(b) omitted (8.4.2002) by virtue of The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3767), Sch. Pt. 2 para. 16(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1)(c) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1A) omitted (6.10.2003) by virtue of The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1121), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1)(a)(i) sum confirmed (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j)(ii) (3)(a) 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/497), arts. 1(2)(j)(ii), 24(8), Sch. 16"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Reg. 148A(1)(d) sum confirmed (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(j)(ii) (3)(a) 6 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/497), arts. 1(2)(j)(ii), 24(8), Sch. 16"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/regulation/148A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:28.715055+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}