The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply

25.—(1) Subject to regulation 27 (where entitlement is not to cease), entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance shall cease in the following circumstances—

(a)if the claimant fails to attend on the day specified in a notice under regulation 23 (attendance), other than a notice requiring attendance under a training scheme;

(b)if—

(i)following a failure to attend at the time specified in a notice under regulation 23, the Department has informed the claimant in writing that a failure to attend, on the next occasion on which he is required to attend, at the time specified in such a notice may result in his entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance ceasing, and

(ii)he fails to attend at the time specified in such a notice on the next occasion;

(c)if the claimant was required to provide a signed declaration as referred to in regulation 24(6) (provision of information and evidence) and he fails to provide it on the day on which he ought to do so in accordance with regulation 24(10).

(2) In this regulation, “a training scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 75 (interpretation).