Paragraph 5

the claimant is a member of a couple, and–

he or his partner F6has not attained the qualifying age for state pension credit and at least one is engaged in part-time employment.

the claimant’s applicable amount includes, or but for his being an in-patient F7...F8... would include, an amount by way of the higher pensioner premium under Schedule 1; and

the claimant or, if he is a member of a couple, either he or his partner has attained F9the qualifying age for state pension credit; and

immediately before attaining that age he or, as the case may be, he or his partner was engaged in part-time employment and the claimant was entitled by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) to a disregard of £20; and

he or, as the case may be, he or his partner has continued in part-time employment.

except where head (b) or (c) applies, no account shall be taken of any period not exceeding eight consecutive weeks occurring—

in a case where the claimant has ceased to be entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance, income support or an employment and support allowance because he, or if he is a member of a couple, he or his partner becomes engaged in remunerative work, no account shall be taken of any period, during which he was not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance, income support or an employment and support allowance, not exceeding the permitted period, occurring on or after the date on which the claimant or, as the case may be, his partner attained F15the qualifying age for state pension credit;

no account shall be taken of any period occurring on or after the date on which the claimant or, if he is a member of a couple, he or his partner attained F16the qualifying age for state pension credit during which the claimant was not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance, income support or an employment and support allowance because he or his partner was participating in arrangements for training made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 or participating in an employment rehabilitation programme established under that section of the 1973 Act;