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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Amendment Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 25th February 2008.
2.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 3A(1) (prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of section 1(4))(2), for “1957” substitute “1947”.
(3) In regulation 3E(2)(l)(3) (entitlement of a member of a joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance without a claim being made jointly by the couple), for “27th October 2002” substitute “24th February 2008”.
(4) Omit regulation 3F (transitional case couples: prescribed circumstances and period for the purposes of paragraph 8A(2) of Schedule 1).
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
James Plaskitt
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
9th January 2008
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