The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Claimant who claims jobseeker’s allowance to be treated as not having limited capability for work

31.—(1) A claimant who—

(a)claims a jobseeker’s allowance; and

(b)is able to show a reasonable prospect of obtaining employment,

is, throughout the period of that claim, to be treated as not having limited capability for work.

(2) Paragraph (1) applies even though it has been determined that the claimant—

(a)has limited capability for work; or

(b)is to be treated as having limited capability for work in accordance with regulation 20, 25, 26 or 29.