The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Housing costs

29.—(1) Schedule 2 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (housing costs) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2) In paragraph (3)(11)(c) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as occupying a dwelling as his home) for paragraph (i) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(i) required, as a condition of bail, to reside in a hostel;”.

(3) In paragraph 4(6) (housing costs not met)—

(a) in head (a) after “paragraph 14” there shall be inserted “during the relevant period”;

(b) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(b) to finance the purchase of a property where an earlier loan, which qualified under paragraphs 14 and 15 during the relevant period in respect of another property, is paid off (in whole or in part) with monies received from the sale of that property,”.

(4) In paragraph 11(1) (the standard rate) for head (a) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(a) except where sub-paragraph (2) applies shall be the rate specified in paragraph 12(1)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations(1), or”.

(5) In paragraph 13(1)(a)(ii) (linking rule) for “which he was or was treated as being in receipt thereof or to which head (a)(i) applies;” there shall be substituted—

• “which—

  (aa)

  he was, or was treated as being, in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance,

  (bb)

  he was treated as entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (5), (6) and (7), or

  (cc)

  head (a)(i) applies;”.

(6) In paragraph 17(7) (non-dependant deductions) for head (b) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(b) if he is in receipt of an allowance payable in respect of training he is undertaking, and for this purpose “training” has the meaning it has in regulation 11(3);”.

(7) In paragraph 18(1)(c) (continuity with income support) after “linking rule” there shall be inserted “or for determining whether any qualifying or other period is satisfied”.

(1)

Schedule 3 was substituted by S.R. 1995 No. 301 and paragraph 12(1)(a) was amended by S.R. 1996 No. 318