Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 20133

1

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 20137 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 46 (short periods of sickness) after paragraph (6)8 insert—

7

For the purposes of calculating the number of occasions under paragraph (3), any occasion to which regulation 46A applies to the claimant is to be disregarded.

3

In regulation 46A9 (extended period of sickness)—

a

in paragraph (1)—

i

in sub-paragraph (b) after “disablement” insert “(“the initial condition”)”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (c)(i)—

aa

for the first “that disease or disablement” substitute “the initial condition or any other disease or disablement”; and

bb

for “they do not expect to be unable to work on account of that disease or disablement for” substitute “not”;

iii

in sub-paragraph (c)(ii), after “that regulation” insert “, and declares that he has been unable to work or expects to be unable to work, on account of the initial condition or any other disease or disablement, for 2 weeks or less”;

b

in paragraph (3), at the beginning, insert “Subject to paragraph (3A),”;

c

after paragraph (3) insert—

3A

In a case where paragraph (1)(c)(ii) applies, but the period in which the person has been unable to work or expects to be unable to work in fact exceeds 2 weeks, the evidence that is required for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) is the evidence that is required in a case where paragraph (1)(c)(i) applies.

d

in paragraph (4) before “disease or disablement” omit “the”.