The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Amendment of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations N.I.

3.—(1) The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 M1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In regulation 50 (persons temporarily absent from Northern Ireland) after paragraph (6C) M2 insert—

“(6D) For the purposes of the Order, a person shall be treated as being in Northern Ireland during any period of temporary absence from Northern Ireland not exceeding 15 days where—

(a) the absence is for the purpose of taking part in annual continuous training as a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part 1 of Schedule 6 to the Contributions Regulations; and

(b) the person or the person's partner was entitled to a jobseeker's allowance immediately before the period of absence began.”.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 3(3) revoked (6.4.2015) by The Social Security (Members of the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/184), regs. 1(1), 5

Marginal Citations

M1 S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2004 No. 308 and S.R. 2012 No. 284

M2 Paragraph (6C) was inserted by regulation 3(4)(b) of S.R. 2004 No. 308