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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/207",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The weekly amounts specified in column (2) below in respect of each person or couple specified in column (1) shall be the weekly amounts specified for the purposes of regulations 83, 84(1), 86A and 86B (applicable amounts and polygamous marriages)—\n(1)\n(2)\nPerson or Couple\nAmount\n(1) Single claimant aged—\n(1)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£75.65;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—\n(b)\n£75.65;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;\n(c)\n£75.65;\n(d)\nnot less than 18 but less than 25;\n(d)\n£75.65;\n(e)\nnot less than 25.\n(e)\n£95.55.\n(2) Lone parent aged—\n(2)\n(a)\nexcept where head (b) or (c) of this sub-paragraph applies, less than 18;\n(a)\n£75.65;\n(b)\nless than 18 who falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and who—\n(b)\n£75.65;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(c)\nless than 18 who satisfies the condition in paragraph 13(1)(a) of Part 3;\n(c)\n£75.65;\n(d)\nnot less than 18.\n(d)\n£95.55.\n(3) Couple—\n(3)\n(a)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and—\n(a)\n£114.35;\n(i)\nat least one of them is treated as responsible for a child; or\n(ii)\nhad they not been members of a couple, each would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied; or\n(iii)\nhad they not been members of a couple, the claimant would have been a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 (circumstances in which a person aged 16 or 17 is eligible for a jobseeker’s allowance) applied and his partner satisfies the requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nthey are married or civil partners, and one member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies and the other member is registered in accordance with regulation 62; or\n(iva)\nthey are married or civil partners, and each member of the couple is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(v)\nthere is a direction under section 16 (jobseeker’s allowance in cases of severe hardship) in respect of each member; or\n(vi)\nthere is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other is a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(vii)\nthere is a direction under section 16 in respect of one of them and the other satisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(b)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and head (a) does not apply but one member of the couple falls within paragraph (2) of regulation 57 and either—\n(b)\n£75.65;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16 of the Act;\n(c)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and neither head (a) nor (b) applies but one member of the couple—\n(c)\n£75.65;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16;\n(d)\nwhere both members are aged less than 18 and none of heads (a), (b) or (c) apply but one member of the couple is a person who satisfies the requirements of paragraph 13(1)(a);\n(d)\n£75.65;\n(e)\nwhere—\n(e)\n£150.15;\n(i)\nboth members are aged not less than 18; or\n(ii)\none member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person who is—\n(aa)\nunder 18, and\n(bb)\ntreated as responsible for a child;\n(f)\nwhere paragraph (e) does not apply and one member is aged not less than 18 and the other member is a person under 18 who—\n(f)\n£150.15;\n(i)\nis a person to whom regulation 59, 60 or 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nis the subject of a direction under section 16; or\n(iii)\nsatisfies requirements for entitlement to income support or who would do so if he were not a member of a couple, other than the requirement to make a claim for it; or\n(iv)\nsatisfies requirements for entitlement to an income-related employment and support allowance other than the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(g)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 18 but less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—\n(g)\n£75.65;\n(i)\nto whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nwho is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it;\n(h)\nwhere one member is aged not less than 25 and the other member is a person under 18—\n(h)\n£95.55.\n(i)\nto whom none of the regulations 59 to 61 applies; or\n(ii)\nwho is not the subject of a direction under section 16; and\n(iii)\ndoes not satisfy requirements for entitlement to income support or an income-related employment and support allowance disregarding the requirement to make a claim for it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1 table substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3)(i) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/148), arts. 1(3)(i), 26(3)(a), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 1: sums maintained (6.4.2016 to 5.4.2020) (16.3.2016) by Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c. 7), s. 36(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 1(e)"
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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