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The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 19A:
- power to am. (prosp.) by 1998 c. 47 s.87
- art. 19A(5)(c) words substituted by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) Sch. 7 para. 5
- art. 19A(8) words substituted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 20(a)
- art. 19A(10) words repealed by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 4 Pt. 3
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:
- Order modified by S.R. 2019/211 art. 2(2)(c) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Affecting Order revoked (19.12.2020) without ever being in force by S.R. 2020/347, arts. 1(1), 2)
- Order modified by S.R. 2024/21 art.002(2)(c)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 1 para. 14(1) Sch. 1 para. 14 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 14(1) by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(a)
- Sch. 1 para. 2(4) added by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 23(2)
- Sch. 1 para. 14(2) inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(b)
- Sch. 1 para. 14A and cross heading inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 23(6)
- Sch. 1 para. 8ZA inserted by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) art. 66(4)
- art. 3(1A) substituted for art. 3(2)-(2D) by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 4(2)(a)
- art. 3(2)(za) inserted by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) art. 66(2)
- art. 3(3A) inserted by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) art. 66(3)
- art. 3A 3B inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 4(3)
- art. 3A(6) repealed by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 4 Pt. 1
- art. 5(1A) inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 11(3)
- art. 11(4A) amendment to earlier affecting provision 2010 c. 13 (N.I.), s. 25(1) by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) Sch. 7 para. 14(2)(b)
- art. 11(4A) inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 25(1)
- art. 13A-13C and cross-heading inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 3
- art. 16(2A) inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 16(4)
- art. 17(1)(1A) substituted for art. 17(1) by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 17(2)
- art. 17A(1A) inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 18(2)
- art. 17B inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 19
- art. 20A 20B and cross-heading inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 4
- art. 20C 20D inserted by 2010 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 5
[F1Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.N.I.
19A—[F2(1) Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on claimants in prescribed circumstances a requirement to participate in schemes of any prescribed description that are designed to assist them to obtain employment.
(2) Regulations under this Article may, in particular, require participants to undertake work, or work-related activity, during any prescribed period with a view to improving their prospects of obtaining employment.
(3) In paragraph (2) “”, in relation to any person, means activity which makes it more likely that the person will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so
(4) Regulations under this Article may not require a person to participate in a scheme unless the person would (apart from the regulations) be required to meet the jobseeking conditions.
(5) Regulations under this Article may, in particular, make provision—
(a)for notifying participants of the requirement to participate in a scheme within paragraph (1);
(b)for securing that participants are not required to meet the jobseeking conditions or are not required to meet such of those conditions as are specified in the regulations;
(c)for suspending any jobseeker's agreement to which a person is a party for any period during which the person is a participant;
F3(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F4(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(10) In this Article—
[F5“claimant”, in relation to a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance, means either or both of the members of the couple;]
“the jobseeking conditions” means the conditions set out in Article 3(2)(a) to (c);
“participant”, in relation to any time, means any person who is required at that time to participate in a scheme within paragraph (1).]]
F1Arts. 19A, 19B and crossheading inserted (13.8.2010) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13), ss. 1(2), 36(1)(a)
F2Art. 19A repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 4; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
F3Arts. 19A(5)(d)-(f) repealed (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 3; S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(j)
F4Arts. 19A(6)-(9) repealed (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 3; S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(j)
F5Words in art. 19A(10) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 1.2.2019 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 1; S.R. 2017/190, art. 6, Sch. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3); S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/1, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/97, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/138, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(5)-(7) (with art. 2(8)-(12))
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