{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-1A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/1A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of paragraph 1 a claimant is entitled to main phase employment and support allowance if—\n(a) each of the conditions in paragraph 21 is satisfied in relation to the claimant personally or the claimant is personally a member of the work-related activity group; or\n(b) the claimant personally is entitled to a converted employment and support allowance , or would be entitled but for the application of section 1A of the Welfare Reform Act (duration of contributory allowance).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 1A substituted (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), reg. 1, Sch. 4 para. 1(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 1A(a) inserted (31.7.2017) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/148), regs. 1, 4(5) (with reg. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 1A(b) inserted (28.11.2016) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Duration of Contributory Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/175), regs. 1(1), 7(1)(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/405/schedule/4/paragraph/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:14.194536+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."
}