The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

3.  In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) for the definition of “benefit week” substitute—

““benefit week” means—

(a)

a period of 7 days ending with a day determined in accordance with paragraph (b) unless, in any particular case or class of case, the Department arranges otherwise;

(b)

the day specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number—

Column (1)	Column (2)
00 to 19	Monday
20 to 39	Tuesday
40 to 59	Wednesday
60 to 79	Thursday
80 to 99	Friday;”.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; the definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503 and regulation 13(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 359