The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Jobseeker’s Agreement treated as having been made

34.  A claimant is to be treated as having satisfied the condition mentioned in Article 3(2)(b) of the Order—

(a) where he is permitted to make a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance without attending at an office of the Department, for the period beginning with and including the date of claim and ending on the date on which he has an interview with an employment officer for the purpose of drawing up a jobseeker’s agreement;

(b) where, after the date of claim, the claim is terminated before he has an interview with an employment officer for the purpose of drawing up a jobseeker’s agreement;

(c) as long as he is treated as available for employment in accordance with regulation 14 where the circumstances set out in that regulation arise after the date of claim and before he has an interview with an employment officer for the purpose of drawing up a jobseeker’s agreement;

(d) as long as there are circumstances not peculiar to the claimant which make impracticable or unduly difficult the normal operation of the provisions governing, or the practice relating to, the claiming, awarding or payment of jobseeker’s allowance.