# Welfare Reform Act 2009, Section 4: Entitlement to jobseeker's allowance without seeking employment etc.

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) The Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 1 (the jobseeker's allowance)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in subsection (4), for the definition of “a joint-claim couple” substitute—
““a joint-claim couple” means a couple other than a couple of a prescribed description;”.
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/24/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2009/section-4
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