Regulation 32 Back-dating of a Jobseeker’s Agreement ...F2
In giving a direction under section 9(7)(c), F1the Secretary of State shall take into account all relevant matters including—
where the claimant refused to accept the agreement proposed by the employment officer, whether he was reasonable in so refusing;
where the claimant has signified to the employment officer or to the Secretary of State that the claimant is prepared to accept an agreement which differs from the agreement proposed by the employment officer, whether the terms of the agreement which he is prepared to accept are reasonable;
where the claimant has signified to the employment officer or to the Secretary of State that the claimant is prepared to accept the agreement proposed by the employment officer, that fact;
the date on which, in all the circumstances, he considers that the claimant was first prepared to enter into an agreement which the Secretary of State considers reasonable; and
where the date on which the claimant first had an opportunity to sign a jobseeker’s agreement was later than the date on which he made a claim, that fact.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in reg. 32 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
- F2
Words in reg. 32 heading omitted (18.10.1999) by virtue of 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. 3
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
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- 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".
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See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).