The Jobseeker’s Allowance (New Deal Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available for employment

2.—(1) Regulation 17A(7) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) (further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: full-time students participating in a qualifying course) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) For the definition of “benefit” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““benefit” means—

  (a)

  income support, unemployment benefit, a jobseeker’s allowance or any earnings credited to a person in accordance with regulation 8A(2) (credits for unemployment) or 9A(3) (credits for persons approaching pensionable age) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland)(4) 1975 or which would be credited to a person in accordance with paragraph (1) of regulation 9A but are not so credited by reason only of the fact that no further earnings are in his case required for the purpose mentioned in that paragraph, or

  (b)

  any earnings credited to a person for unemployment in accordance with regulation 9(5) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 (credits for unemployment or incapacity for work) as it applied before 7th October 1996 and”.

(3) In paragraph (a) of the definition of “receiving benefit”, after “Part II of the Order” there shall be inserted “or in accordance with regulation 9A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; regulation 17A was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1998 No. 198 and amended by S.R. 1998 No. 418

(2)

Regulation 8A was inserted by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1996 No. 430

(3)

Regulation 9A was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1994 No. 265 and amended by S.R. 1996 No. 430

(4)

S.R. 1975 No. 113; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 265 and S.R. 1996 No. 430

(5)

Regulation 9 was substituted by regulation 2(7) of S.R. 1996 No. 430. By virtue of regulation 4(1) of S.R. 1996 No. 430 for the purposes of determining whether a person is entitled to be credited with earnings in respect of any period before 7th October 1996, regulation 9(1) to (8) of S.R. 1975 No. 113 continues to have effect as if the amendments made by S.R. 1996 No. 430 had not come into operation.