{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-15.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/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available",
  "text": "A person shall not be regarded as available for employment in the following circumstances—\n(a) if he is a full-time student during the period of study unless he has a partner who is also a full-time student, if either he or his partner is treated as responsible for a child or a young person, but this exception shall apply only for the period of the summer vacation appropriate to his course and providing he is available for employment in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter or unless he is treated as available in accordance with regulation 14(1)(a);\n(b) if he is a prisoner on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953;\n(c) if she is in receipt of maternity allowance or maternity pay in accordance with section 35 or sections 160 to 167 respectively of the Benefits Act.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 15 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1953 c. 18 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "affecting": "nisr/1996/198",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2023/56",
      "affecting_title": "The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted (temp.)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2020/63",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/138",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Jobseeker’s Allowance and Mariners' Benefits) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications) (temp.)",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/421",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/109",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Approved Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "become 15(1)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/290",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students Responsible for Children or Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/290",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students Responsible for Children or Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/290",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students Responsible for Children or Young Persons) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/112",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/112",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2014/226",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker's Allowance (Maternity Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2015/146",
      "affecting_title": "The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/168",
      "affecting_title": "The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (revoked)"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2022/236",
      "affecting_title": "The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2023/157",
      "affecting_title": "The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/15",
    "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."
}