25. In regulation 9 of the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1984 (payments of benefit and suspension of payments pending a decision on appeals or references, arrears and repayments)(1)—
(a)in paragraph (5A)(a), (b) and (c) omit “contribution-based” in each place it occurs;
(b)in paragraph (5B)(a) and (c) omit “contribution-based” in each place it occurs;
(c)in paragraphs (5C) and (5D) omit “contribution-based” in each place it occurs; and
(d)after paragraph (5D) insert—
“(5E) In this regulation “jobseeker’s allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Order (Northern Ireland) 1995 as amended by the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 that remove references to an income-based allowance, and a contribution-based allowance under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as that Order has effect apart from those provisions.”.
S.R. 1984 No. 92; paragraphs (5A) to (5D) of regulation 9 were inserted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1996 No. 503