
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 25th March 1999.
2 
In regulation 25 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (entitlement ceasing on failure to comply)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(a) after “requiring attendance under” there shall be inserted “an employment programme or”;
(b) in paragraph (1)(b) for head (i) there shall be substituted the following head—“
(i) the claimant attends on the day specified in a notice under regulation 23 but fails to attend at the time specified in that notice (other than a notice requiring attendance under an employment programme or a training scheme), and the Department has informed the claimant in writing that a failure to attend, on the next occasion on which he is required to attend, at the time specified in such a notice may result in his entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance ceasing, and”;
(c) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—“
(2) In this regulation, “an employment programme” and “a training scheme” have the meaning given in regulation 75.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on
John O'Neill
Assistant Secretary
23rd March 1999.