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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1987/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
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  "heading": "Meaning of employment",
  "text": "For the purposes of Article 21(3)(d) of the Order (conditions of entitlement to income support) only work in employed earner's employment within the meaning of the principal Act—\n(a) which the claimant can reasonably be expected to do;\n(b) for which payment is made or which is done in expectation of payment; and\n(c) for which he would normally be engaged for not less than 24 hours a week or, ff he is mentally or physically disabled, such lesser number of hours as, having regard to his disability, he is usually capable of working,\nshall be treated as employment.",
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      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/230",
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Habitual Residence and Past Presence) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
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    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/367",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus and Lone Parent Run-on Amendment and Revocation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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