{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009/section-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009/section-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/24",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment etc.",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 1 (the jobseeker's allowance)—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in subsection (4), for the definition of “a joint-claim couple” substitute—\n““a joint-claim couple” means a couple other than a couple of a prescribed description;”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 4(2)(a) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 4(3)(4) repealed (8.5.2012) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 14 Pt. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/24/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:45.980880+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}