The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

Prescribed period for purposes of Section 19(2)

69.—[F1(1)] The prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) F2... shall be—

(a)4 weeks, in any case in which

(i)a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant in circumstances falling within section 19(5), and

[F3(ii)either—

(aa)where the determination mentioned in (i) above does not relate to an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii), or the training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii), on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5), or

(bb)where the determination mentioned in (i) above relates to an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii), or the training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii), on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) that relate to such a programme or scheme, and]

(iii)the first date on which the jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him on that previous occasion falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in (i) above;

(b)2 weeks, in any other case.

[F4(2) The prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) shall begin—

(a)where, in accordance with regulation 26A(1) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, a jobseeker’s allowance is paid otherwise than fortnightly in arrears, on the day following the end of the last benefit week in respect of which that allowance was paid; and

(b)in any other case, on the first day of the benefit week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable.]

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