The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Interpretation of certain expressions for the purposes of regulations 18(3)(f)(i) and 19(1)(d)

22.  For the purposes of regulations 18(3)(f)(i) (steps to be taken by persons actively seeking employment) and 19(1)(d) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment)—

(a) a person is engaged in duties for the benefit of others while—

(i) providing assistance to any person whose life may be endangered or who may be exposed to the risk of serious bodily injury or whose health may be seriously impaired;

(ii) protecting property of substantial value from imminent risk of serious damage or destruction, or

(iii) assisting in measures being taken to prevent a serious threat to the health of the people,

as a member of a group of persons organised wholly or partly for the purpose of providing such assistance or, as the case may be, protection;

(b) events which may give rise to an emergency include—

(i) a fire, a flood or an explosion;

(ii) a natural catastrophe;

(iii) a railway or other transport accident;

(iv) a cave or mountain accident;

(v) an accident at sea;

(vi) a person being reported missing and the organisation of a search for that person.