Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013

3.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 15(5) (victims of domestic violence)(2) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “registered social worker” substitute—

(a)the Health and Care Professions Council;.

(3) In regulation 18(4)(a) (general principles for calculating reduction periods), for “14” substitute “13”.

(4) In regulation 19(1)(b) and (c) (higher-level sanction), for “365” substitute “364”.

(5) In regulation 20(b) (medium-level sanctions), for “365” substitute “364”.

(6) In regulation 21(3)(b) and (c) (low-level sanctions), for “365” substitute “364”.

(7) In regulation 58(2) (earnings of employed earners), after sub-paragraph (h) insert—

(i)any bounty paid at intervals of at least one year and derived from employment to which paragraph 6 of the Schedule to these Regulations applies..

(2)

Regulation 15(5) was amended by S.I. 2013/1508.