{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-146",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-146.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/146",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "146",
  "heading": "Payments made on account of suspended benefit",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies to a person to whom—\n(a) payments of a jobseeker’s allowance have been suspended in accordance with regulations made under section 5(1)(o) of the Administration Act (suspension of benefit);\n(b) an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is paid under regulation 141 (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship) or 142 (further circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship).\n(2) In the case of a person to whom—\n(a) this regulation applies, and\n(b) payments in respect of the benefit suspended fall to be made,\nany benefit paid or payable by virtue of regulation 141(5) or 142(3) shall be treated as having been paid on account of the suspended benefit and only the balance of the suspended benefit (if any) shall be payable.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 146 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/198",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/146",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:36:06.555307+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."
}