Section 44: Claimant commitment for jobseeker's allowance

Welfare Reform Act 2012 · 2012 c. 5View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 2: Working-age benefits — CHAPTER 1: Jobseeker's allowance

The Jobseekers Act 1995 is amended as follows.

In section 1 (the jobseeker's allowance), in subsection (2)(b) for "entered into a jobseeker's agreement which remains in force" there is substituted ." accepted a claimant commitment "

For section 9 (the jobseeker's agreement) there is substituted—

For section 10 (variation of jobseeker's agreement) there is substituted—

In section 35 (interpretation), in subsection (1), after the definition of "employment" there is inserted—

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