{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-6", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-6.json", "legislation": "nisr/1987/459", "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987", "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987", "path": "regulation/6", "kind": "regulation", "number": "6", "heading": "Persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work", "text": "A person shall not be treated as engaged in remunerative work if—\n(a) he is mentally or physically disabled and his earning capacity is, by reason of that disability, reduced to 75 per cent. or less of what he would, but for that disability, be reasonably expected to earn;\n(b) he is engaged in child minding in his home;\n(c) he is engaged by a charity or voluntary body or is a volunteer where the only payment received by him or due to be paid to him, is a payment which is to be disregarded under regulation 40(2) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings);\n(d) he is engaged on a scheme for which a training allowance is being paid;\n(e) subject to regulation 5(4) (persons treated as engaged in remunerative work) he is a person to whom Article 24 of the Order (trade disputes) applies; or\n(f) he is a person who is not required to be available for employment because regulation 8 and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 (person caring for another) apply to him.", "extent": null, "status": null, "version": "current", "annotations": [], "outstanding_effects": [ { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2017/176", "affecting_title": "The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017" }, { "type": "word omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2022/230", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past 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Homes, Nursing Homes and Independent Hospitals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2007/475", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Housing Costs and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2007/475", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Housing Costs and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2007/475", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Housing Costs and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2008/286", "affecting_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008" }, { "type": "word omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2008/286", "affecting_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2008/286", "affecting_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008" }, { "type": "words inserted", "affecting": "nisr/2010/69", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2017/176", "affecting_title": "The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2017/176", "affecting_title": "The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/regulation/6", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:43.914608+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." }