Section 49: Claimant responsibilities 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In section 1(2) (conditions of entitlement), paragraphs (a) and (c) are repealed.

For sections 6 to 10 (and the italic heading preceding section 6) there is substituted—

In section 29 (pilot schemes), in subsection (8), for the words from "ascertaining" to the end there is substituted "testing the extent to which the provision made by the regulations is likely to promote—

people remaining in work, or
people obtaining or being able to obtain work (or more work or better-paid work)."

In section 35 (interpretation), in subsection (1), at the appropriate places there is inserted—

In section 37 (parliamentary control), in subsection (1), after paragraph (a) there is inserted—

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