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9. Jobseeker's allowance, pre-retirement allowance, disability allowance and farm assist amendments to means provisions.

The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 141(2), by substituting the following for paragraph (d):

"(d) Subject to paragraph (e), where the spouse of a claimant for jobseeker's allowance is a spouse referred to in any of subparagraphs (iii) to (vii) of section 2(2) (a), the means of the claimant shall be taken to be one-half the means.

(e) Notwithstanding paragraph (d), where, in the 4 weeks immediately before the commencement of section 9 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 a person was entitled to or in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in respect of any day of unemployment and the spouse of the claimant for jobseeker's allowance is not the claimant's qualified adult, or is a spouse in respect of whom an increase is payable by virtue of regulations made under section 297, the means of the claimant shall be taken to be one-half the means or the means calculated in accordance with paragraph (d), whichever is the more favourable.

(f) Where the means of a claimant are calculat

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