# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996, Regulation 69A: The period of a reduction under section 19A: Other sanctions


(1) A reduction under section 19A (other sanctions) in the circumstances described in the first column of the following table is to have effect for the period set out in the second column.
Circumstances in which reduction period applies
Reduction period
Where there has been no previous sanctionable failure by the claimant that falls within paragraph (2)
4 weeks
Where there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (2) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is not within 52 weeks beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure
4 weeks
Where there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (2) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is within 52 weeks, but not within 2 weeks, beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure and the period of reduction applicable to the most recent previous sanctionable failure is—
(a) 4 weeks
13 weeks
(b) 13 weeks
13 weeks
Where there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (2) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is within 2 weeks beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure and the period of reduction applicable to the most recent previous sanctionable failure is—
(a) 4 weeks
4 weeks
(b) 13 weeks
13 weeks.
(2) A previous sanctionable failure falls within this paragraph if—
(a) the failure resulted in a decision to reduce the claimant’s award in accordance with section 19A; and
(b) in the case of a joint-claim couple, the failure was by the same claimant;...
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The period of a reduction under section 19A begins—
(a) on the first day of the benefit week in which the sanctionable failure occurred where, on the date of the determination to reduce the award, the claimant has not been paid a jobseeker’s allowance since the sanctionable failure occurred; or
(b) in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week after the end of the benefit week in respect of which the claimant was last paid a jobseeker’s allowance.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/regulation/69A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/regulation-69A
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