# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Regulation 71: Voluntary redundancy

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A claimant is to be treated as not having left his employment voluntarily—
(a) where he has been dismissed by his employer by reason of redundancy after volunteering or agreeing to be so dismissed, or
(b) where he has left his employment on a date agreed with his employer without being dismissed, in pursuance of an agreement relating to voluntary redundancy.
(2) In paragraph (1) “redundancy” means one of the facts set out in section 11(2) of the Contracts of Employment and Redundancy Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1965.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/71 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-71
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