{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-18",
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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/2/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Continuity with Income Support or income-related employment and support allowance",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of providing continuity between income support or income-related employment and support allowance and a jobseeker’s allowance—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) had the award of a jobseeker’s allowance been an award of income support and the housing costs which would then have been met would have included an additional amount met in accordance with paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations (add back), an amount equal to that additional amount shall be added to the housing costs to be met under this Schedule, but that amount shall be subject to the same qualifications and limitations as it would have been had the award been of income support; and\n(c) for the purposes of any linking rule or for determining whether any qualifying or other period is satisfied, any reference to a jobseeker’s allowance in this Schedule shall be taken also to include a reference to income support or income-related employment and support allowance.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(1) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(25)(g)(ii)(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 18(1)(a) omitted (1.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Housing Costs Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1647), regs. 1, 3(2)(i) (with reg. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(1)(c) inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Income Support (General) (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1517), regs. 1, 29(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 18(1)(c) added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(25)(g)(ii)(bb)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 18(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with regs. 19-21 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/725), reg. 1(2)(a), Sch. 5 para. 3(f)(xv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 18 heading added (27.10.2008) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1554), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(25)(g)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/207/schedule/2/paragraph/18",
    "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."
}