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Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 25 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance RegulationsI1

Northern Ireland

In regulation 25 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996f1 (entitlement ceasing on failure to comply)—

F1(a)

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(b)

in paragraph (1)(b) for head (i) there shall be substituted the following head—

“(i)

the claimant attends on the day specified in a notice under regulation 23 but fails to attend at the time specified in that notice (other than a notice requiring attendance under an employment programme or a training scheme), and the Department has informed the claimant in writing that a failure to attend, on the next occasion on which he is required to attend, at the time specified in such a notice may result in his entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance ceasing, and”;

(c)

for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2)

In this regulation, “an employment programme” and “a training scheme” have the meaning given in regulation 75.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 2(a) repealed (6.3.2012) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions for Failure to Attend) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/44), regs. 1, 4

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in operation at 25.3.1999, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

S.R. 1996 No. 198; to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations