The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

[F1Conditions for hardship payments to a joint-claim couple

146E.(1) A joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance shall not be payable in accordance with regulation 146C or, as the case may be, 146D, except where either member of the joint-claim couple has—

(a)furnished on a form approved for the purpose by the Secretary of State or in such other form as he may in any particular case approve, a statement of the circumstances he relies upon to establish entitlement under regulation 146C or, as the case may be, regulation 146D; and

(b)signed the statement.

(2) The completed and signed form shall be delivered by either member to such office as the Secretary of State may specify.]