SCHEDULE 1Postcode Districts

Regulation 4(1)

  • BT62, but only the following parts:

    • 1LU, 1LY, 1NH, 1NR, 1TH, 1TJ and 1TQ.

  • BT68 and BT69.

  • BT70, but only the following parts:

    • 1A, 1B, 1D, 1E, 1H, 1J, 1L, 1N, 1P, 1QA to 1QJ, 1QP to 1QZ, 1R, 1S, 1T, 1U, 1XE, 2AA to AJ, 2AN to 2AZ, 2B, 2DA to 2DF, 2DH to 2DQ, 2DZ, 2EB, 2EE, 2EY, 2EZ, 2H, 2J, 2L, 2N, 2P, 2Q, 2RA to 2RG, 2RL, 2RN, 2RP, 2RW, 2RX, 2RZ, 2SA, 2SB, 2SE, 2SF, 2SJ, 2TB to 2TZ, 2UA to 2UR, 3A, 3B, 3D, 3E, 3H, 3JA, 3JB, 3JR to 3JU, 3JX, 3JZ, 3LG to 3LY, 3N and 3P.

  • BT71, but only the following parts:

    • 4A, 4BA to 4BR, 4BW, 4DJ to 4DP, 4DR to 4DZ, 4EA to 4EJ, 4EN to 4EU, 4HB to 4HZ, 4J, 4L, 4N, 4P, 4Q, 4R, 4S, 4T, 5BX, 5BY, 5DA to 5DY, 5EE to 5EQ, 5JS, 5JU, 5JX, 5JZ, 5PX, 5PZ, 5QB, 5QD, 5QE, 5QJ, 5QQ, 6A, 6BA to 6BT, 6BW to 6BZ, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6HA to 6HS, 6HW, 6HY, 6HZ, 6J, 6LA to 6LW, 6NH, 6NL to 6NP, 6NR to 6NX, 6PB, to 6PE, 6PG to 6PT, 6PX to 6PZ, 6Q, 6RA to 6RL, 6RQ, 6RT, 6SG to 6SJ, 6SQ, 6TL, 6TP, 6XD, 7A, 7B, 7DA to 7DT, 7DW, 7DZ, 7EN, 7EP, 7ER to 7EW, 7EY, 7EZ, 7HA, 7HG, 7HP, 7HR, 7HS, 7JN, 7JP, 7JS to 7JZ, 7LA to 7LH, 7LQ, 7LX, 7NS, 7NU, 7NX to 7NZ, 7P, 7Q and 7R.

  • BT77, but only the following parts:

    • 0AP, 0AR, 0AY, 0AZ, 0BB to 0BY, 0DE to 0DH, 0DQ, 0EA, 0ED to 0ER, 0EW to 0EY and 0HA.

  • BT78, but only the following part:

    • 2SA.

  • BT80, but only the following parts:

    • 9BS and 9BU.

SCHEDULE 2Consequential Amendments

Regulation 14

1.

In regulation 24 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (provision of information and evidence) after paragraph (10) there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(11)

In this regulation, references to the “Department” include a reference to persons designated as employment officers by an order made by the Department under Article 10(3) of the Order19.”.

2.

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 shall be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (7).

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “appropriate office” after “Department” there shall be added “and in a case to which regulation 4A(1) applies includes an office of a relevant authority displaying the the one logo”;

(3)

In regulation 4(6)20(making a claim for benefit), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to regulation 4A,”.

(4)

In each of the provisions specified in sub-paragraph (5) for “Department”, in each place where that word occurs, there shall be substituted “employment officer”.

(5)

Those provisions are—

(a)

regulation 4(6)(a) (making a claim for benefit), and

(b)

regulation 6(4A)21 (date of claim).

(6)

In regulation 7(1)22 (evidence and information), after “Department”, in the first place where that word occurs, there shall be inserted “or, in a case where regulation 4A applies, the relevant authority”.

(7)

In regulation 19(5)(d)23 (time for claiming benefit), after “Department” there shall be inserted “or, in a case to which regulation 4A applies, a representative of a relevant authority”.

(8)

In regulation 32 (information to be given when obtaining payment of benefit), after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(1A)

In the case of a person who made a claim for benefit in accordance with regulation 4A(1), a change of circumstances may be notified to a relevant authority at any office to which the claim for benefit could be made in accordance with that regulation.”.

(9)

In paragraph 2A(1)(b) of Schedule 724 (manner and time of payment and commencement of entitlement in income support cases) after “social security office” there shall be inserted “or any office to which a claim may be made in accordance with regulation 4A(1)”.