Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

5.  In regulation 85A(4) (special cases: supplemental – persons from abroad) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1) for sub-paragraph (h) substitute—

(h)a person who has been granted leave or who is deemed to have been granted leave outside the rules made under section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 where that leave is—

(i)discretionary leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom;

(ii)leave to remain under the Destitution Domestic Violence concession, or

(iii)leave deemed to have been granted by virtue of regulation 3 of the Displaced Persons (Temporary Protection) Regulations 2005;;

(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (hh) add “or”; and

(b)omit sub-paragraphs (j) and (k)(2).

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 198; regulation 85A was inserted by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 2006 No. 178 and amended by regulation 4 of S.R. 2006 No. 379, regulation 3 of S.R. 2006 No. 523, regulation 3 of S.R. 2009 No. 68 and regulation 3 of S.R. 2013 No. 167

(2)

Sub-paragraph (k) was added by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 2009 No. 68