The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

50.  In regulation 152 (relevant week)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(c)—

(i) after “Article 21” there shall be inserted “or 22A”;

(ii) after “that claimant” there shall be inserted “or the joint-claim couple”;

(b) at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted “Except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies,”;

(c) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(3) Where a joint-claim couple have an award of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance and their benefit week changes, for the purpose of calculating the amounts of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance payable for the part-week beginning on the day after their last complete benefit week before the change and ending immediately before the change, the relevant week is the period of 7 days beginning on the day after the last complete benefit week.”.