{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-31.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/31",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Contents of Jobseeker’s Agreement",
  "text": "The prescribed requirements for a jobseeker’s agreement are that it shall contain the following information—\n(a) the claimant’s name;\n(b) where the hours for which the claimant is available for employment are restricted in accordance with regulation 7 (restriction of hours for which a person is available to 40 hours per week), the total number of hours for which he is available and any pattern of availability;\n(c) any restrictions on the claimant’s availability for employment, including restrictions on the location or type of employment, in accordance with regulations 5, 8, 13 and 17 (exceptions to requirement to be available immediately, other restrictions, additional restrictions for certain groups, and laid off and short-time workers);\n(d) a description of the type of employment which the claimant is seeking;\n(e) the action which the claimant will take—\n(i) to seek employment, and\n(ii) to improve his prospects of finding employment;\n(f) the dates of the start and of the finish of any permitted period in his case for the purposes of Articles 8(5) and 9(5) of the Order;\n(g) a statement of the claimant’s right—\n(i) to have a proposed jobseeker’s agreement referred to an adjudication officer;\n(ii) to seek a review of any determination of, or direction given by, an adjudication officer, and\n(iii) to appeal to a social security appeal tribunal against any determination of, or direction given by, an adjudication officer on a review;\n(h) the date of the agreement.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 31 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"
    },
    {
      "type": "text amended",
      "affecting": "nisr/2010/144",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Lone Parents) (Availability for Work) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/31",
    "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."
}