Regulation 10 Couples who separateF1

In the case of a couple who separate and at the date of separation one member of the couple has days of entitlement to a qualifying benefit other than a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance which count towards the waiting period, those days of entitlement which count, up to a maximum of 91 days, shall count towards a waiting period for the other member of the couple in a case where he is entitled to a qualifying benefit within 12 weeks of the date of separation, and shall be treated as days on which the other member of the couple was entitled to a qualifying benefit.

Where one or more members of a polygamous marriage separate and at the date of separation any one of them has days of entitlement to a qualifying benefit other than a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance which count towards the waiting period, those days of entitlement which count, up to a maximum of 91 days, shall count towards a waiting period of any person who is or was a member of that marriage, where he is entitled to a qualifying benefit within 12 weeks of the date of separation, and shall be treated as days on which any person who is or was a member of that marriage was entitled to a qualifying benefit.

Where—

then the number of waiting days the new partner is required to serve in accordance with regulation 6(2) when he makes a claim for a qualifying benefit for the couple shall be reduced by a number equal to the number by which the days which count under paragraph (1) or (2) exceed the days of entitlement to a qualifying benefit which had otherwise accrued to the new partner on the date the partner referred to in paragraph (1) or (2) becomes his partner.