The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

9.—(1) In a case to which none of paragraphs 5 to 8 applies to the claimant, £15 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—

(a) a part-time member of a fire brigade;

(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;

(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a lifeboat;

(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979(1);

(e) a person in the army whose service is resticted to part-time service in Northern Ireland pursuant to section 1 of the Army Act 1992(2), regulations made under section 2 of the Armed Forces Act 1966(3), or the terms of his commission;

(f) a part-time member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve appointed under section 9(1) of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970(4),

but, notwithstanding regulation 88 (calculation of income and capital of members of claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a claimant it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) If the claimant’s partner is engaged in employment—

(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount of the claimant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £15;

(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1), so much of his earnings from that employment up to £5 as would not in aggregate with the claimant’s earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £15.

(1)

S.I. 1979/591; relevant amending regulations are S.I. 1980/1975 and S.I. 1994/1553

(2)

1992 c. 39

(3)

1966 c. 45; section 2 was amended by section 2 of the Army Act 1992

(4)

1970 c. 9 (N.I.)