Regulation 3 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 85A(4) (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad), for sub-paragraph (f) substitute—

“(f)

a person who is treated as a worker for the purpose of the definition of “qualified person” in regulation 6(1) of the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 pursuant to—

(i)

regulation 5 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) Regulations 2004^f2 (application of the 2006 Regulations in relation to a national of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Slovenia or the Slovak Republic who is an “accession State worker requiring registration”), or

(ii)

regulation 6 of the Accession (Immigration and Worker Authorisation) Regulations 2006^f3 (right of residence of a Bulgarian or Romanian who is an “accession State national subject to worker authorisation”);”.