The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) and Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

2.  In regulation 69 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) (prescribed period for purposes of Article 21(2) of the Order)—

(a) the existing provision shall be re-numbered as paragraph (1) and in that paragraph “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 omitted; and

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

“(2) The prescribed period for the purposes of Article 21(2) shall begin on and include—

(a) where, in accordance with regulation 26A(1) of the Claims and Payments Regulations(2), a jobseeker’s allowance is paid otherwise than fortnightly in arrears, the day following the end of the last benefit week in respect of which that allowance was paid; and

(b) in any other case, the first day of the benefit week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable.”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; regulation 69 was amended by regulation 6 of S.R. 1997 No. 541 and modified by regulation 5(3) of S.R. 1998 No. 421

(2)

S.R. 1987 No. 465; regulation 26A was inserted by regulation 2(14) of S.R. 1996 No. 354 and amended by regulation 6(2) of S.R. 1998 No. 182