Sch 1 para 9C
(1) Regulations may make provision about the entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance of persons who become members of a joint-claim couple as a result of the couple of which they are members becoming a joint-claim couple. (2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide— (a) for any claim made by either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be given effect as a claim made by the couple; (b) for any award, or any replacement award (within the meaning of paragraph 9A), made in respect of either member of the couple before the couple became a joint-claim couple to be replaced by an award (a “ new award ”) in respect of the couple.