Regulation 17B Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: lone parents with children aged 5 not in full-time educationF1

A lone parent shall be treated as available for employment in any week where—

(a)

the lone parent is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child who is aged 5;

(b)

the child—

(i)

is nor receiving full-time education by regular attendance at school or otherwise; and

(ii)

is not required by law to receive full-time education; and

(c)

it would be unreasonable for the lone parent to make other arrangements for the care of that child.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 17B inserted (21.5.2012) by The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/874), regs. 1(2), 3(2)

F1: 1995 c.18.
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".
F3: 1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
F4: 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".
F5: See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).