{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/207",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Time at which entitlement is to cease",
  "text": "Entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance shall cease in accordance with regulation 25 on whichever is the earlier of—\n(a) the day after the last day in respect of which that claimant has provided information or evidence which shows that he continues to be entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance,\n(b) if regulation 25(1)(a) or (b) applies, the day on which he was required to participate in an interview, and\n(c) if regulation 25(1)(c) applies, the day on which he ought to have provided the signed declaration,\nprovided that it shall not cease earlier than the day after he last participated in an interview in compliance with a notification under regulation 23 or 23A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(a) substituted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(a) substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1517), regs. 1, 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(b) substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(b) substituted (2.4.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/443), regs. 1, 4(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26(c) substituted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26 substituted (2.4.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/443), regs. 1, 4(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in reg. 26 substituted (11.9.2000) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2194), regs. 1, 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in reg. 26 inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/regulation/26",
    "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."
}