The Housing Benefit (General and Supply of Information) (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Supply of Information Regulations

25.  In regulation 2 (Information to be supplied by the Department to the Executive)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) in sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) after “income support” in each place where it occurs there shall be inserted “or a jobseeker’s allowance”;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (d) to (f), (l) and (m), after “income support” in each place where it occurs there shall be inserted “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;

(iii) in sub-paragraphs (g) to (i), after “income support” in each place where it occurs there shall be inserted “or is a person on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;

(iv) in sub-paragraph (j) after “income support” there shall be inserted “or a person on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”;

(v) after sub-paragraph (s) there shall be added the following sub-paragraphs—

“(t) in the case of a claimant entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance, details of any days falling immediately before that entitlement to which paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (waiting days) applies;

(u) in the case of a claimant on whom a sanction is imposed under Article 19 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, details of any period covered by the sanction in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance would be payable to him but for the sanction.”;

(b) in paragraph (2) after “income support” there shall be inserted “or an income-based jobseeker’s allowance”, and

(c) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a person is on an income-based jobseeker’s allowance on any day in respect of which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to him and on any day—

(a) in respect of which he satisfies the conditions for entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance but where the allowance is not paid in accordance with Article 21 Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (circumstances in which a jobseeker’s allowance is not payable), or

(b) which is a waiting day for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to that Order and which falls immediately before a day in respect of which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to him or would be payable to him but for Article 21 of that Order.”.

(1)

Regulation 2 was amended by regulation 16 of S.R. 1992 No. 141, regulation 14(3) of S.R. 1994 No. 335, regulation 10 of S.R. 1995 No. 129 and regulation 7 of S.R. 1996 No. 115