{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-66.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/66",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "The Jobseeker’s Agreement",
  "text": "(1) In a jobseeker’s agreement with a young person, other than one falling within regulation 61(1)(a) or (f) (other young persons in prescribed circumstances), the following information is required in addition to that prescribed in Chapter V of Part II: a broad description of the circumstances in which the amount of the person’s benefit may be reduced in accordance with Article 19 of the Order and regulation 63 (reduced payments under Article 19 of the Order), or may be rendered not payable in accordance with Article 21 of the Order read with Part V (sanctions) or may be payable at a reduced rate in accordance with Articles 21 and 22 of the Order and regulation 68 (reduced amount of allowance).\n(2) A young person is to be treated as having entered into a jobseeker’s agreement and as having satisfied the condition mentioned in Article 3(2)(b) of the Order as long as the circumstances set out in regulation 62(2) or (3) apply.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 66 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": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2000/350",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) 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": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2012/44",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions for Failure to Attend) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2016/241",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/66",
    "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."
}