Other amendments
23(1)Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph 2, at the end insert—
“(3)Regulations may provide that the condition in section 1A(7)(e) (person not to have limited capability for work) is not to apply in prescribed circumstances to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in section 1A.”
(3)For paragraph 8 substitute—
“8Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance without being required to meet the jobseeking conditions in any case where the person would not otherwise be so entitled.”
(4)In paragraph 8A(1), for “conditions referred to in section 1(2B)(b)” substitute “basic conditions”.
(5)In paragraph 14—
(a)renumber the existing text as sub-paragraph (1), and
(b)after that sub-paragraph (as renumbered) insert—
“(2)Regulations may provide that the condition in section 1A(7)(f) (person not to be receiving relevant education) is not to apply in prescribed circumstances to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in section 1A.”
(6)After paragraph 14 insert—
“Pensionable age
14ARegulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances the condition in section 1A(7)(g) (person to be under pensionable age) is to have effect in relation to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in section 1A as if for “pensionable age” there were substituted “the qualifying age for state pension credit (within the meaning of the State Pension Credit Act 2002)”.”