The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002

Provisions in Schedule 4A(1) to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations as amended by this Order

Column (1)	Column (2)
Patients 1.  Subject to paragraphs 9 and 11, a joint-claim couple where one member—
(a) has been a patient for more than 6 weeks;	(a) The applicable amount under regulation 86A reduced by £15·10;
(b) is a member of a polygamous marriage and another member of that marriage who is not a joint-claimant has been a patient for more than 6 weeks.	(b) The applicable amount under regulation 86B reduced by £15·10 in respect of each member of the polygamous marriage who is a patient.
Members of religious orders 3.  A joint-claim couple who are both members of, and fully maintained by, a religious order.	3.  Nil.
Joint-claim couples and members of polygamous marriages where one member is or all are temporarily in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust 6.  — (1) A joint-claim couple where one member is temporarily separated from the other member where one of them is living in the home while the other is in accommodation provided by a Health and Social Services Board or an HSS trust of a kind specified in the definition of residential accommodation in regulation 85.	6.  — (1) The aggregate of the amount applicable for the claimant who remains in the home calculated as if he were a single claimant under regulation 83, 85 or 86 and in respect of the other joint- claimant £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses.
(2) A joint-claim couple where one member is a member of a polygamous marriage and is temporarily separated from a partner of his where one is, or some are, living in the home while one is, or some are, in accommodation referred to in sub-paragraph (1).	(2) The aggregate of the amount applicable for the members of the polygamous marriage who remain in the home under regulation 86B, and in respect of each member not in the home, £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses.
(3) A joint-claim couple where both members or all the members of a polygamous marriage of which a member of the joint-claim couple is a member, are in accommodation referred to in sub-paragraph (1).	(3) For each member of that couple or marriage £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses plus, if appropriate, the amount applicable under regulation 84A(d) and 84B(e).
Members of joint-claim couples in residential accommodation 9.  — (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a joint-claim couple where one member is in or only temporarily absent from residential accommodation.	9.  — (1) £75·50 of which £16·80 is for personal expenses.
(2) A joint-claim couple where either member is a member of a polygamous marriage and one or more members of that marriage are in or only temporarily absent from residential accommodation.	(2) The amount specified in sub- paragraph (1) of this column multiplied by the number of members of the polygamous marriage in or only temporarily absent from that accommodation.

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Schedule 4A was inserted by paragraph 57 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 2000 No. 350