Social Welfare Act 2012

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.”,

and

(c) by deleting subsection (5).