Amendment of the Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations
7. In regulation 32 of the Income Support (General) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (continuity with jobseeker’s allowance) for the words from “income support” in the first place where they occur to the end there shall be substituted—
“or is to be treated as being in receipt of income support or whether any amount is applicable or payable—
(a)entitlement to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be treated as entitlement to income support for the purposes of any requirement that a person is or has been entitled to income support for any period of time, and
(b)a person who is treated as being in receipt of income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be treated as being in receipt of income support for the purposes of any requirement that he is or has been treated as being in receipt of income support for any period of time.”.