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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-lone-parents-availability-for-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2010/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2010/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-lone-parents-availability-for-work-regulations-northern-ireland-2010",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (12).\n(2) In regulation 5 (exceptions to requirement to be available immediately)—\n(a) in paragraph (4) after “13” insert “, 13A”;\n(b) in paragraph (5) for “or 13” substitute “, 13 or 13A”.\n(3) In regulation 6 (employment of at least 40 hours per week)—\n(a) in paragraph (1) after “(additional restrictions on availability for certain groups)” insert “, regulation 13A (additional restrictions on availability for lone parents) ”;\n(b) in paragraph (2) after “13(3) or (4)” insert “, regulation 13A ”.\n(4) In regulation 7(1) (restriction of hours for which a person is available to 40 hours per week) for “regulation 13 (additional restrictions on availability for certain groups) and in regulation 17(2)” substitute “regulations 13 (additional restrictions on availability for certain groups), 13A (additional restrictions on availability for lone parents) and 17(2) (laid off and short-time workers)”.\n(5) In regulation 8 (other restrictions on availability) before “or 17(2)” insert “, 13A”.\n(6) In regulation 11(1)(b) (part-time students) before “or 17(2)” insert “, 13A”.\n(7) In regulation 12(1)(a) (volunteers) before “or 17(2)” insert “, 13A”.\n(8) In regulation 13(2) (additional restrictions on availability for certain groups) after “paragraph (3) or (4) of this regulation,” insert “regulation 13A (additional restrictions on availability for lone parents)”.\n(9) After regulation 13 insert—\n“Additional restrictions on availability for lone parents\n13A. —A lone parent who in any week is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of 13 may restrict his availability for employment to the child’s normal school hours.”.\n(10) In regulation 14(2A) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (a) before “or 17(2)” insert “, 13A (additional restrictions on availability for lone parents)”, and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) before “or 17(2)” insert “, 13A”.\n(11) In regulation 31(c) (contents of jobseeker’s agreement) after “13” insert “, 13A”.\n(12) In regulation 72(2)(a) (good cause for the purposes of Article 21(5)(a) and (6)(c) and (d) of the Order) after “13” insert “, 13A”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1996 No. 358, S.R. 1997 No. 138, S.R. 1998 No. 198, S.R. 2002 No. 388 and S.R. 2008 No. 478"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Paragraph 5 was amended by regulation 11(2)(c) of S.R. 2008 No. 478"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 11(1)(b) was amended by regulation 3 of S.R. 1996 No. 358"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 12 was substituted by regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2002 No. 388"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 14(2A) was inserted by regulation 2(4) of S.R. 1997 No. 138"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Regulation 72(2)(a) was amended by regulation 6(a) of S.R. 1998 No. 198"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2010/144/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:27:27.602783+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."
}