The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1998

• Citation: S.I. 1998/71
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 5th April 1999.

(2) In these Regulations, “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 46 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

In regulation 46(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (waiting days), for the number “3” there shall be substituted the number “7”.

Section 3 Consequential amendment

In regulation 141(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship), for the word “4th” there shall be substituted the word “8th”.

Section 4 Transitional provision

Regulations 2 and 3 of these Regulations shall not apply in the case of a person—

(a) who has made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before 5th April 1999 or who is treated as having made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before that date; and

(b) in respect of whom 5th April 1999 is one of the first three days of a jobseeking period.