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Part 2 s 22
Social Security Act 2018
2018 No 32

(c)the income from that employment and P’s other income (if any) when calculated over a 52 week period is less than the amount that would, under the appropriate income test, reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 88B(1), (6), (7)

22When person is available for work

A person (P) is available for work if P—

(a)is available for and seeking full-time employment and—

(i)is willing and able to undertake it; and

(ii)has taken reasonable steps to find it; or

(b)would satisfy paragraph (a) were it not for circumstances that would qualify P for an exemption under the regulations referred to in section 157 from some or all of the work-test obligations; or

(c)is willing and able to undertake full-time employment but, because of a health condition, injury, or disability, is limited in P’s capacity to seek, undertake, or be available for it.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 88B(1)

23Jobseeker support: age requirement

An applicant for jobseeker support meets the age requirement if the applicant is—

(a)at least 18 years old, in the case of an applicant without a dependent child:

(b)at least 20 years old, in any other case.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 88B(2)

24Jobseeker support: no or minimum income

(1)In this subpart, a person (P) has no or minimum income if P has—

(a)no income; or

(b)income of less than the amount that would reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero.

(2)If, during a temporary period, P has enough income to reduce the applicable rate of jobseeker support to zero, but P otherwise meets the requirements for jobseeker support, P’s entitlement to jobseeker support is not affected by that income.

Compare: 1964 No 136 s 88B(4), (5)

25Jobseeker support: discretionary grant on ground of hardship

(1)MSD may grant jobseeker support to a person (P) who is eligible under subsection (2), (3), or (4) if P—

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