# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, Paragraph 50

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 152 (relevant week)—
(a) in paragraph (1)(c)—
(i) after “Article 21” there shall be inserted “or 22A”;
(ii) after “that claimant” there shall be inserted “or the joint-claim couple”;
(b) at the beginning of paragraph (2) there shall be inserted “Except in a case to which paragraph (3) applies,”;
(c) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(3) Where a joint-claim couple have an award of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance and their benefit week changes, for the purpose of calculating the amounts of a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance payable for the part-week beginning on the day after their last complete benefit week before the change and ending immediately before the change, the relevant week is the period of 7 days beginning on the day after the last complete benefit week.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/350/schedule/2/paragraph/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-joint-claims-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-2/paragraph-50
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