Regulation 31 Contents of Jobseeker’s Agreement

England, Wales and Scotland

The prescribed requirements for a jobseeker’s agreement are that it shall contain the following information—

(a)

the claimant’s name;

(b)

where the hours for which the claimant is available for employment are restricted in accordance with regulation 7, the total number of hours for which he is available and any pattern of availability;

(c)

any restrictions on the claimant’s availability for employment, including restrictions on the location or type of employment, in accordance with regulations 5, 8, 13F1, 13A and 17;

(d)

a description of the type of employment which the claimant is seeking;

(e)

the action which the claimant will take–

(i)

to seek employment; and

(ii)

to improve his prospects of finding employment;

(f)

the dates of the start and of the finish of any permitted period in his case for the purposes of sections 6(5) and 7(5);

(g)

a statement of the claimant’s right–

(i)

to have a proposed jobseeker’s agreement referred to F2the Secretary of State;

(ii)

to seek a F3revision or supersession of any determination of, or direction given by, the Secretary of State; and

(iii)

to appeal to a F4an appeal tribunal against any determination of, or direction given by, the Secretary of State F5following a revision or supersession .

(h)

the date of the agreement.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Word in reg. 31(c) inserted (26.4.2010) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/837), regs. 1(2), 2(11)
F2: Words in reg. 31(g) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 2
F3: Words in reg. 31(g)(ii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(a)
F4: Words in reg. 31(g)(iii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(b)(i)
F5: Words in reg. 31(g)(iii) substituted (18.10.1999) by The Social Security Act 1998 (Commencement No. 11, and Savings and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/2860), art. 3(1), Sch. 12 para. 1(b)(ii)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

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).