The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Prescribed period for purposes of Article 21(2) of the Order

69.  The prescribed period for the purposes of Article 21(2) of the Order (circumstances in which a jobseeker’s allowance is not payable) shall begin on and include the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant and shall be—

(a) 4 weeks, in any case in which—

(i) a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant in circumstances falling within Article 21(5) of the Order;

(ii) on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within Article 21(5) of the Order, and

(iii) the first date on which the jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him on that previous occasion falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

(b) 2 weeks, in any other case.