Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010

23.—(1) Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2, at the end add—

“(4) Regulations may provide that the condition in Article 3A(7)(e) (person not to have limited capability for work) is not to apply in prescribed circumstances to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in Article 3A.”.

(3) For paragraph 8 substitute—

“8.   Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance without being required to meet the jobseeking conditions in any case where the person would not otherwise be so entitled.”.

(4) In paragraph 8A(1), for “conditions referred to in Article 3(2B)(b)” substitute “basic conditions”.

(5) In paragraph 14—

(a) renumber the existing text as sub-paragraph (1), and

(b) after that sub-paragraph (as renumbered) insert—

“(2) Regulations may provide that the condition in Article 3A(7)(f) (person not to be receiving relevant education) is not to apply in prescribed circumstances to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in Article 3A.”

(6) After paragraph 14 insert—

“Pensionable age

14A.   Regulations may provide that in prescribed circumstances the condition in Article 3A(7)(g) (person to be under pensionable age) is to have effect in relation to a person whose claim to a jobseeker’s allowance is based on meeting condition B in Article 3A as if for “pensionable age” there were substituted “the qualifying age for state pension credit (within the meaning of the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002)”.”.