The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013

Continuity of jobseeking period in the case of transition from old style JSA

12.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies where—

(a) a person is entitled to a new style JSA award and they were previously entitled to an old style JSA award that was not in existence immediately before the first day on which the person in question is entitled to the new style JSA award; or

(b) (i) the amending provisions have come into force under article 4(1) in relation to the case of a claim for universal credit referred to in article 4(2)(b) to (d) (and any award that is made in respect of the claim) or an award of universal credit referred to in article 4(2)(e) or (f); and

(ii) the person in question had an old style JSA award immediately before the appointed day, which consisted of or included a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance (which allowance therefore continues in existence as a new style JSA award).

(2) Where this paragraph applies, regulation 37 of the JSA Regulations 2013 (jobseeking period) is to be read as if—

(a) any reference in the regulation to the jobseeking period in relation to a claimant included a reference to any period that, under regulation 47 of the JSA Regulations 1996 (jobseeking period)(1), forms part of such a jobseeking period; and

(b) in paragraph (3) of the regulation, the reference to a day that is to be treated as a day in respect of which the claimant was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance included a reference to any day that, under regulation 47(4) of the JSA Regulations 1996, is to be treated as a day in respect of which the claimant was entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance.

(1)

Regulation 47 was amended by S.I. 1996/1517, 1996/2538, 1999/714, 1999/2226, 2001/518, 2001/1711, 2010/424, 2010/1160 and 2012/2568.