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The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

S.R. 2000/255 · Made 15 August 2000

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 15th August 2000

Coming into operation 11th September 2000

The Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 10(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995f1, and now vested in itf2, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15); Article 10 is amended by paragraph 27(3) of Schedule 8 to the Werlfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))

f2

See Article 8(b) of, and Part II of Schedule 6 to, the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481)

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 11th September 2000.

2Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

(1)

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2)

For regulation 23f2 (attendance) there shall be substituted the following regulation—

“23

A claimant shall attend at such place and at such time as an employment officer may specify by a notification which is given or sent to the claimant and which may be in writing, by telephone or by electronic means.”.

(3)

In regulation 24(8) and (10)f3 (provision of information and evidence) for “notice” there shall be substituted “notification”.

(4)

In regulation 25f4 (entitlement ceasing on a failure to comply) for “notice”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “notification”.

(5)

In each of regulations 26f5, 27(1), 28(1) and 30f6 for “notice” there shall be substituted “notification”.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th August 2000.

L.S.

Bryan Davis

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.

In particular, they remove the requirement that an employment officer must specify in writing the place and time at which a claimant of a jobseeker’s allowance may be required to attend. The regulations provide that a claimant may be summoned by telephone or by electronic means, as well as by a written summons.

These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.