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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation on 30th November 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.
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In regulation 14(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available), after sub-paragraph (m) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(n) if—
(i) he is available for employment, or is treated as such, on the day he makes his claim for a jobseeker’s allowance, and
(ii) the Department has directed that the prescribed time for claiming a jobseeker’s allowance be extended under regulation 19(6) of the Claims and Payments Regulations (time for claiming benefit) where the circumstances specified in regulation 19(7)(d) of those Regulations applied in relation to an entitlement to incapacity benefit or an entitlement to income support by virtue of paragraph 7 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support Regulations (persons incapable of work),
for the period of that extension.”
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In regulation 18A(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (actively seeking employment in the period at the beginning of a claim), after “in any case” there shall be inserted “, other than a case which falls within regulation 19(1)(i) or (r),”.
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(1) Regulation 19(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) After sub-paragraph (h) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—“
(i) for any period if he is treated as available for employment to any extent in that period under regulation 14(1)(h);”.
(3) After sub-paragraph (q) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—“
(r) for any period if he is treated as available for employment to any extent in that period under regulation 14(1)(n).”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services on 24th November 1999.
Bryan Davis
Assistant Secretary
