{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2004/166",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2004",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation –\n(a) subject to sub-paragraph (b) on 19th April 2004;\n(b) on 18th October 2004 for persons who on 19th April 2004 are entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance or have any earnings credited to them in accordance with regulation 8A of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1975 No. 113; regulation 8A was inserted by regulation 2(6) of S.R. 1996 No. 430"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/166/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:58:03.786402+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."
}