Social Welfare Act 2012
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Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance — amendments. |
17.— Section 141 of the Principal Act is amended— | |
(a) in subsection (3) (amended by section 5 of the SocialWelfare and Pensions Act 2010) by substituting— | ||
(i) “4 days” for “3 days”, and | ||
(ii) “7 consecutive days” for “6 consecutive days”, | ||
(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3B) (inserted by section 5 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 ): | ||
“(3C) For the purposes of section 67(8), where in any week of unemployment a person is entitled to jobseeker’s allowance— | ||
(a) in respect of 7 days of unemployment, the number of days of unemployment in respect of which jobseeker’s allowance shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which jobseeker’s benefit was paid shall be 6, and | ||
(b) in respect of less than 7 days of unemployment, the number of days of unemployment in respect of which jobseeker’s allowance shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which jobseeker’s benefit was paid shall be 6, reduced by the number of days in that payment week which are not days which form part of a continuous period of unemployment.”, | ||
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(c) by deleting subsection (5). |