The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/3196
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) Amendment Regulations 2013 and come into force on 1st January 2014.

Section 2 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

In regulation 85A (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 for paragraph (2) substitute—

(2) No claimant shall be treated as habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland unless—

(a) the claimant has been living in any of those places for the past three months; and

(b) the claimant has a right to reside in any of those places, other than a right to reside which falls within paragraph (3).

Section 3 Saving

The amendment in regulation 2 does not apply in relation to a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance which is made or treated as made before these Regulations come into force.