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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-79",
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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/79",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "79",
  "heading": "Weekly amounts of contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance",
  "text": "(1) In the case of a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, the age-related amount applicable to a claimant for the purposes of Article 6(1)(a) of the Order (amount payable by way of a jobseeker’s allowance) shall be—\n(a) in the case of a person who has not attained the age of 18, £28·85 per week;\n(b) in the case of a person who has attained the age of 18 but not the age of 25, £37·90 per week;\n(c) in the case of a person who has attained the age of 25, £47·90 per week.\n(2) Where the amount of any contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance would, but for this paragraph, include a fraction of one penny, that fraction shall be treated as one penny.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 79 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/79",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:36:06.555307+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
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