{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/412",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Legal Advice and Assistance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1981 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) In regulation 3 (interpretation) after the definition “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert—\n““income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (employment and support allowance);”\n(3) In regulation 5(2)(b) (applications for advice and assistance) for “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance,” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance”.\n(4) In regulation 6(2)(b) (attendance on behalf of a client) for “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance”.\n(5) In regulation 7(2) (determination of disposable income and disposable capital and maximum contribution) for “or income-based jobseeker’s allowance” substitute “, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance”.\n(6) In paragraph (e) of Schedule 4 (exceptions to charge on property recovered or preserved) after “income-based jobseeker’s allowance,” insert “income-related employment and support allowance,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1981 No. 366; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1988 No. 87, S.R. 1989 No. 469, S.R. 1996 No. 411 and S.R. 2003 No. 94"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance” was inserted by regulation 2(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 411"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 5(2) was substituted by regulation 3 of S.R. 1988 No. 87 and amended by regulation 3(b) of S.R. 1989 No. 469 and regulation 3(ii) of S.R. 2003 No. 94"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 6(2) was substituted by regulation 4 of S.R 1988 No. 87 and amended by regulation 3(iii) of S.R. 2003 No. 94"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 7(2) was substituted by regulation 5 of S.R. 1988 No. 87 and amended by regulation 3(iv) of S.R. 2003 No. 94"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph (e) was substituted by regulation 8(1) of S.R. 1988 No. 87 and amended by regulation 2(d) of S.R. 1996 No. 411 and regulation 4 of S.R. 2003 No. 94"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/412/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:34:31.269297+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}