Regulation 4 Amendment of Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (housing costs) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

For sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 13 (linking rules) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(3)

For the purposes of this Schedule, where a claimant has ceased to be entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because he or his partner is participating in arrangements for training made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973^f1 or attending a course at an employment rehabilitation centre established under that section, he shall be treated as if he had been in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance for the period during which he or his partner was participating in such a course.”.

In paragraph 17(7)(d) (non-dependant deductions), for the words “a jobseeker’s allowance” there shall be substituted the words “an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”.