The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Claiming a bonus

19.—(1) Regulation 23 of the Back to Work Bonus Regulations (claiming a bonus) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In paragraph (1)(a) at the beginning there shall be inserted “subject to paragraph (7)”.

(3) In paragraph (1)(b)(i) for “a person to whom regulation 18 (trainees) applies” there shall be substituted “a person who satisfies the third condition in regulation 7”.

(4) After paragraph (5) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

“(6) In the case of a person who has served or is treated as having served a waiting period in accordance with regulation 6(1) (waiting period) and is a member of a couple in respect of whom income support or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable, the claim for the bonus shall be made by the member of the couple entitled to the benefit.

(7) A person who has an employment to take up, or whose earnings or the hours of his employment will increase within 14 days of completing his training or the date of separation and that employment satisfies the requirements of regulation 7(4)(c) or (5)(c) may make a claim for a bonus—

(a) in the case of a person who satisfies all the other requirements of the third condition specified in regulation 7, up to 14 days before the day following the last day of attendance on the course;

(b) in the case of a person who satisfies all the other conditions of the fourth condition specified in regulation 7, up to 13 days before the day on which he complies with the condition, but not before the day after the separation.”.