SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Supplementary Provisions

Continuity of claims and awards: couple becoming a joint-claim couple

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Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance of persons who become members of a joint-claim couple as a result of theF1 couple of which they are members becoming a joint-claim couple.

2

Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide—

a

for any claim made by either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be given effect as a claim made by the couple;

b

for any award, or any replacement award (within the meaning of paragraph 9A), made in respect of either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be replaced by an award (a “new award”) in respect of the couple.