Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
2.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) For regulation 23(2) (attendance) there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“23. A claimant shall attend at such place and at such time as an employment officer may specify by a notification which is given or sent to the claimant and which may be in writing, by telephone or by electronic means.”.
(3) In regulation 24(8) and (10)(3) (provision of information and evidence) for “notice” there shall be substituted “notification”.
(4) In regulation 25(4) (entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply) for “notice”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “notification”.
(5) In each of regulations 26(5), 27(1), 28(1) and 30(6) for “notice” there shall be substituted “notification”.
S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 358, S.R. 1999 Nos. 107 and 145 and S.R. 2000 No. 37
Regulation 23 was amended by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 37
Paragraph 10 was amended by regulation 2(4)(c) of S.R. 2000 No. 37
Regulation 25 was amended by S.R. 1999 No. 145 and S.R. 2000 No. 37
Regulation 26 was amended by regulation 9 of S.R. 1996 No. 358
Regulation 30 was amended by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1999 No. 107