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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-46",
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  "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/46",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Waiting days",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Order shall not apply in a case where—\n(a) a person’s entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance commences within 12 weeks of an entitlement of his to income support, incapacity benefit or invalid care allowance coming to an end, or\n(b) a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance falls to be determined by reference to Article 5(1)(f)(ii) of the Order (persons under the age of 18: severe hardship).\n(2) In the case of a person to whom paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Order applies, the number of days is 3.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 46 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/350",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/350",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/1998/10",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/323",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Carer’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/323",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Carer’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/329",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/286",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2008/286",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2014/235",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance) (Waiting Days) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2023/1218",
      "affecting_title": "The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2023/1218",
      "affecting_title": "The Carer’s Assistance (Carer Support Payment) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2023"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/46",
    "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."
}