Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 141 of Principal Act (entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance)

11. Section 141 of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3B):

“(3B) Notwithstanding subsection (3), for the purposes of payment of jobseeker’s allowance, in subsection (3A), ‘payment week’ shall be construed as a 6 day week commencing on the Wednesday of one week and ending on the Tuesday of the following week.”.