Regulation 27 Where entitlement is not to ceaseI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 27 coming into force by Jobseeker’s Allowance 1996 reg. 1(1)
reg. 27(1) words substituted by Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) 2000 Sch. 2 para. 6(a)
reg. 27(1) words inserted by Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) 2000 Sch. 2 para. 6(b)
reg. 27(1) word substituted by Jobseeker’s Allowance 2000 reg. 2(5)
reg. 131(3A)(e)and word added by Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) 2003 reg. 3(1)(b)
reg. 27-27B substituted for reg. 27 by Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions for Failure to Attend) 2012 reg. 2(3)
reg. 27 words substituted by Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions) 2016 reg. 5(8)

(1)

Entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance shall not cease if the claimant shows, before the end of the 5th working day after the day on which he failed to comply with a notice under regulation 23 (attendance) or to provide a signed declaration in accordance with regulation 24 (provision of information and evidence), that he had good cause for the failure.

(2)

In this regulation, “working day” means any day on which the appropriate office is not closed.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 27 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)