JOBSEEKERS ACT 1995

CHAPTER 18

An Act to provide for a jobseeker's allowance and to make other provision to promote the employment of the unemployed and the assistance of persons without a settled way of life.
[28th June 1995]

PART I
The Jobseeker's Allowance
Entitlement

1. - The jobseeker's allowance.  

(1) An allowance, to be known as a jobseeker's allowance, shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a claimant is entitled to a jobseeker's allowance if he-

(a) is available for employment;
(b) has entered into a jobseeker's agreement which remains in force;
(c) is actively seeking employment;
(d) satisfies either-

(i) the conditions set out in section 2; or
(ii) the conditions set out in section 3 ¹ ;

(e) is not engaged in remunerative work;
(f) is capable of work;
(g) is not receiving relevant education;
(h) is under pensionable age; and
(i) is in Great Britain.

[ (2A)-(2D) ² .]
(3) A jobseeker's allowance is payable in respect of a week.
(4) In this Act-

"a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance" means a jobseeker's allowance entitlement to which is based on the claimant's satisfying conditions which include those set out in section 2; and
"an income-based jobseeker's allowance" means a jobseeker's allowance entitlement to which is based on the claimant's satisfying conditions which include those set out in section 3 ² .