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Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations

11.  After regulation 2 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(1) (interpretation), insert—

Disapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act

2A.  Section 1(1A) of the Administration Act (requirement to state national insurance number) shall not apply to a person who—

(a)is a person in respect of whom a claim for employment and support allowance is made;

(b)is subject to immigration control within the meaning of section 115(9)(a) of the Immigration and Asylum Act;

(c)does not satisfy the basic conditions of entitlement in relation to an income-related employment and support allowance for the purposes of section 1(3) of the Act; and

(d)has not previously been allocated a national insurance number..