# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations


In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 –
(a) in regulation 3A(1) (prescribed description of a joint-claim couple for the purposes of Article 3(4)) for “19th March 1976” there shall be substituted “28th October 1957”;
(b) in regulation 3E(2) (entitlement of a member of a joint-claim couple to a jobseeker’s allowance without a claim being made jointly by the couple) –
(i) after “joint-claim” there shall be inserted “couple”;
(ii) at the end of sub-paragraph (j), “or” shall be omitted;
(iii) after sub-paragraph (k) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph –
“or
(l) where the other member was entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance on 27th October 2002, save that this sub-paragraph shall apply only until the day on which he is required to attend at a place specified by an employment officer in a notification given or sent to him.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/236/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-joint-claims-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-2
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