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Paragraph 30 I1

Northern Ireland

In regulation 74Af1 (persons in receipt of a training allowance)—

(a)

in paragraph (1) after “a claimant” there shall be inserted “other than a member of a joint-claim couple”;

(b)

after paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

“(3)

A joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable in respect of a joint-claim couple even though Article 22A of the Order (denial or reduction of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) prevents payment of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance to the couple where a member of that couple to whom that Article applies is in receipt of a training allowance and is not receiving training falling within regulation 168(2) (persons in receipt of a training allowance) but the jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable only if and for so long as that member satisfies the conditions of entitlement to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance other than those which he is not required to meet by virtue of regulation 168.

(4)

A joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance which is payable to a couple in accordance with this regulation shall be payable to the couple at the full rate applicable to it.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 2 para. 30 in operation at 19.3.2001, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

Regulation 74A was inserted by regulation 6 of S.R. 1996 No. 356