{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-hardship-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Hardship) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-hardship-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In regulation 140(1) (meaning of “person in hardship”)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (g) after “physical” insert “or mental”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (j)(ii) for “hardship.” substitute “hardship; or”;\n(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (k) insert “; or”;\n(d) after sub-paragraph (k) add—\n“(l) is a person who is homeless within the meaning of Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988”.\n(3) In regulation 141(2) (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship) for “Article 3(2)(d)(ii)” substitute “Article 3(2A)(b)”.\n(4) In regulation 146A(1) (meaning of “couple in hardship”)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (d) after “physical” insert “or mental”;\n(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (g) for “, or” substitute “; or”;\n(c) at the end of sub-paragraph (h) insert “; or”;\n(d) after sub-paragraph (h) add—\n“(i) either member of the couple is a person who is homeless within the meaning of Article 3 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Rules are S.R. 1996 Nos. 358 and 503, S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32), S.R. 2000 Nos. 9 and 350 and S.R. 2014 No. 235."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (g) was amended by Article 9(5)(i) and (12) of S.R. 1999 No. 428 (C. 32)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (k) was added by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 2000 No. 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "S.I. 1988/1990 (N.I. 23); Article 3 was amended by Article 135 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/412 (N.I. 2))."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 141(2) was amended by regulation 26(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(15) of S.R. 1996 No. 503 and regulation 3(2) of S.R. 2014 No. 235."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation 146A was inserted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2000 No. 350. There are amendments to that regulation which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/185/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:51:21.041470+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."
}