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The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
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2001 No. 998
NORTHERN IRELAND
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001
Made
15th March 2001
Laid before Parliament
16th March 2001
Coming into force
19th March 2001
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 24 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) and of all others powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into force on 19th March 2001.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) Regulations
2.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1997(2) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In regulation 4 (entitlement to jobseekers allowance), after “Article 21(6)(a)” there shall be inserted “or Article 22A(2)(d)(3)”.
(3) In regulation 5, after “Article 21(6)(b) and (d)” there shall be inserted “and Article 22A(2)(e) and (g)”.
Northern Ireland Office
John Reid
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
15th March 2001
Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Forces) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 1997 to—
(a)provide that a member of a joint-claim couple shall be treated as though he had lost his job through misconduct where he is discharged, cashiered or otherwise dismissed as a consequence of being convicted on any proceedings under the Naval Discipline Act 1957, the Army Act 1955 or the Air Force Act 1955 or by any civil court (regulation 2(2));
(b)ensure that a member of a joint-claim couple is not disqualified from receiving joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance where he is discharged from Her Majesty’s Forces at his own request (regulation 2(3)).
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