The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Nursing homes

7.  The appropriate amount applicable to a claimant in a residential care home or nursing home shall, subject to paragraph 8, be determined—

(a)where the home is a residential care home registered under Part II of the Registered Homes Order, by reference to the particulars recorded in the register kept by the relevant Health and Social Services Board for the purposes of that Order, or

(b)where the home is a residential care home not so registered or a nursing home, by reference to the type of care which, taking into account the facilities and accommodation provided, the home is providing to the claimant.