The Income Support (General) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

3.  In regulation 131 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) (calculation of grant income)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “(2) and (3)” there shall be substituted “(2), (3) and (3A)”;

(b) after paragraph (3)(2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(3A) Where, in respect of a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance made on or after 26th June 2000—

(a) all or part of a student’s grant income is paid in respect of living costs for his dependants in accordance with regulation 15 of the Education (Student Support) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, and

(b) that student was liable to pay rent at any time during the academic year in which the date of claim falls,

the income referred to in sub-paragraph (a) shall be disregarded to the extent that it falls to be apportioned in respect of the period in the academic year beginning on and including the day on which a student loan would cease to be apportioned in accordance with regulation 136(2)(a) or (b), if such a loan was taken into account in respect of that student in that academic year.”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 317

(2)

Regulation 131(3) was substituted by regulation 2(3)(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 317