{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-39.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/39",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Variation of Agreement: matters to be taken into account",
  "text": "In giving a direction under Article 12(6)(b) or (d) of the Order an adjudication officer shall take into account the preference of the claimant if he considers that both the claimant’s proposals and those of the employment officer satisfy the requirements of Article 12(5) of the Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 39 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/39",
    "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."
}