The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Other young persons in prescribed circumstances

61.—(1) For the period specified in relation to him in paragraph (2), this regulation applies to a young person—

(a) who is a person who is laid off or kept on short-time and is available for employment in accordance with Article 8 of the Order and Chapter II of Part II read with regulation 64 (availability for employment);

(b) who is a member of a couple and is treated as responsible for a child who is a member of his household;

(c) who falls within a prescribed category of persons for the purposes of section 123(1)(e) of the Benefits Act(1) and who is not claiming income support;

(d) to whom Article 5(1)(f)(ii) of the Order does not apply, who is a person falling within regulation 57(2) or 60(1)(a) or (b) (interpretation, or young persons at the end of the child benefit extension period) or sub-paragraph (b) or (c) and who is unable to register with the Department of Economic Development because of an emergency affecting the Department of Economic Development and registers with the Department in accordance with regulation 62(2) (registration);

(e) to whom Article 5(1)(f)(ii) of the Order does not apply, who is a person falling within regulation 57(2) or 60(1)(a) or (b) or sub-paragraph (b) or (c) and who would suffer hardship because of the extra time it would take him to register with the Department of Economic Development and registers with the Department in accordance with regulation 62(3);

(f) who has accepted a firm offer of enlistment by one of the armed forces with a starting date not more than 8 weeks after the offer was made who was not in employment or training at the time of that offer and whose jobseeker’s allowance has never been reduced in accordance with regulation 63 (reduced amounts under Article 19 of the Order) or Article 21(5)(b) or (c) or (6)(c) or (d) of the Order read with regulation 68 (reduced amount of allowance) or rendered not payable in accordance with Article 21(6)(a) or (b) of the Order read with Part V (sanctions).

(2) (a) The period in the case of any person falling within paragraph (1)(a) is the period starting from and including the date on which he was laid off or first kept on short-time and ending on the date on which he ceases to be laid off or kept on short-time or the day before the day he attains the age of 18 or at the expiry of the 13 week period starting with and including the date of the lay off, or date he was first kept on short-time, whichever first occurs;

(b) except where paragraph (1)(d) or (e) applies, the period in the case of any person falling within paragraph (1)(b) or (c) is the period until the day before that person attains the age of 18 or until paragraph (1)(b) or (c) ceases to apply, whichever first occurs;

(c) the period in the case of any person falling within paragraph (1)(d) is the period starting from and including the date of registration with the Department and ending on the day on which the person is next due to attend in accordance with regulation 23 or on the date on which the period calculated in accordance with regulation 59(2) or 60(2) or sub-paragraph (b) would have expired, whichever first occurs;

(d) the period in the case of any person falling within paragraph (1)(e) is the period from and including the date of registration with the Department and ending 5 days after that date or on the day after the day on which he registered with the Department of Economic Development, or on the date on which the period calculated in accordance with regulation 59(2) (young persons in the child benefit extension period) or 60(2) or sub-paragraph (b) would have expired, whichever first occurs;

(e) the period in the case of any person falling within paragraph (1)(f) is the period from and including the date of claim and ending with the day before the day on which he is due to enlist or the day before he attains the age of 18, whichever first occurs.

(3) In this regulation “week” means a period of 7 consecutive days.

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Section 123(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 13(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15))