# The Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, Paragraph 7


(1) In a case to which none of paragraphs 4 to 6 applies to the claimant, £15 of earnings derived from one or more employments as—
(a) a part-time fireman in a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984;
(b) an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coast rescue activities;
(c) a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a lifeboat;
(d) a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979;
(e) a member of the Ulster Defence Regiment who is neither serving also as a member of any of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, nor on the full-time staff of that regiment;
(f) a part-time member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve appointed under section 9(1) of the Police Act (Northern Ireland) 1970,
but, notwithstanding regulation 23, if this paragraph applies to a claimant it shall not apply to his partner except to the extent specified in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) If the claimant's partner is engaged in employment—
(a) specified in sub-paragraph (1) so much of his earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount of the claimant's earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £15;
(b) other than one specified in sub-paragraph (1) so much of his earnings from that employment up to £5 as would not in aggregate with the claimant's earnings disregarded under this paragraph exceed £15.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/459/schedule/8/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/schedule-8/paragraph-7
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