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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 5th April 1999.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
2 
In regulation 46(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (waiting days), for “3” there shall be substituted “7”.
3 
In regulation 141(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship), for “4th” there shall be substituted “8th”.
4 
Regulations 2 and 3 shall not apply in the case of a person—
(a) who has made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before 5th April 1999 or who is treated as having made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance before that date, and
(b) in respect of whom 5th April 1999 is one of the first 3 days of a jobseeking period.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
21st January 1998.