The Housing Benefit (General and Supply of Information) (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 No. 334

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations

21.  In Schedule 5 to the principal Regulations (capital to be disregarded)—

(a) in paragraph 5 after “income support” there shall be inserted “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;

(b) in paragraph 8 after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(c) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance,”;

(c) after paragraph 46(1) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“47.   Any back to work bonus payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance or income support in accordance with Article 28 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, or a corresponding payment under section 26 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date the payment is received.”.

(1)

Paragraph 46 was added by regulation 10(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 93