The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004

• Citation: S.I. 2004/1008
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2004.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force—

(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) on 19th April 2004;

(b) on 18th October 2004 for persons who on 19th April 2004 are entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance or have any earnings credited to them in accordance with regulation 8A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 .

Section 2 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 18 (steps to be taken by persons actively seeking employment) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(1) For the purposes of section 7(1) (actively seeking employment) a person shall be expected to have to take more than two steps in any week unless taking one or two steps is all that is reasonable for that person to do in that week.

(3) In regulation 72(6)(b) (good cause for the purposes of section 19(5)(a) and (6)(c) and (d) and section 20A) for the words “one hour either way” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted—

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(i) during the first 13 weeks of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance, one hour either way; and

(ii) in all other cases, one hour and thirty minutes either way,

by a route and means appropriate to his circumstances and to the employment, or to the carrying out of the jobseeker’s direction, unless, in view of the health of the person or any caring responsibilities of his, that time was or is unreasonable.