{ "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-83", "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-83.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/83", "kind": "regulation", "number": "83", "heading": "Applicable amounts", "text": "Except in the case of a claimant to whom regulation 84, 85 or 86 or Part X (applicable amounts in other cases and urgent cases) applies, a claimant’s weekly applicable amount shall be the aggregate of such of the following amounts as may apply in his case—\n(a) an amount in respect of himself or if he is a member of a couple, an amount in respect of both of them, determined in accordance with paragraph 1(1), (2) or (3), as the case may be, of Schedule 1;\n(b) an amount determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 in respect of any child or young person who is a member of his family, excluding a child or young person whose capital, if calculated in accordance with Part VIII (income and capital) in like manner as for the claimant would exceed £3,000, but including a child whose capital falls to be treated as income in accordance with regulation 106(1) (modification in respect of children and young persons);\n(c) an amount in respect of himself, or where the claimant is a member of a family, an amount in respect of any member of the family aged 16 or over determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (residential allowance);\n(d) where he is a member of a family of which at least one member is a child or young person, an amount determined in accordance with Part II of Schedule 1 (family premium);\n(e) the amount of any premiums which may be applicable to him, determined in accordance with Parts III and IV of Schedule 1 (premiums), and\n(f) any amounts determined in accordance with Schedule 2 (housing costs) which may be applicable to him in respect of mortgage interest payments or such other housing costs as are prescribed in that Schedule.", "extent": "N.I.", "status": "prospective", "version": "current", "annotations": [ { "type": "I", "label": "I1", "text": "Reg. 83 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": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2023/150", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2017/187", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2022/143", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2022" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2020/40", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2020" }, { "type": "sum specified and confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2019/46", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (2018 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2024/69", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (2023 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2025/64", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2025" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2000/38", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2000" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2001/41", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2001" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2006/109", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/1999/50", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1999" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2009/89", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/1997/113", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 1997" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2004/82", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2008/92", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2008" }, { "type": "sum modified", "affecting": "nisr/2010/118", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (revoked)" }, { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2002/132", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Amendment) (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2002/99", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 (revoked)" }, { "type": "added", "affecting": "nisr/2003/329", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Students and Income-Related Benefits Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2003/195", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2003/155", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2003/267", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Removal of Residential Allowance and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2003/195", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2003/195", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Working Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2005/82", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2005" }, { "type": "sum substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2007/153", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2007" }, { "type": "words omitted", "affecting": "nisr/2010/6", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010" }, { "type": "words revoked", "affecting": "nisr/2010/6", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2011/119", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2011" }, { "type": "sums specified", "affecting": "nisr/2012/116", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2012" }, { "type": "sums specified", "affecting": "nisr/2013/69", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2013" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2014/78", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2014" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2015/124", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2015" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2017/56", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2017" }, { "type": "words substituted", "affecting": "nisr/2017/176", "affecting_title": "The Loans for Mortgage Interest Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017" }, { "type": "sum specified and confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2018/167", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018" }, { "type": "sum specified", "affecting": "nisr/2018/56", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (2017 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2018/58", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2018" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2019/188", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2019/58", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2019" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2021/82", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2021" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2022/231", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating (No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2023/27", "affecting_title": "The Social Security (2022 Benefits Up-rating) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (revoked)" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2024/73", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2024" }, { "type": "sum confirmed", "affecting": "nisr/2026/59", "affecting_title": "The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order (Northern Ireland) 2026" } ], "provenance": { "source": "legislation.gov.uk", "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/regulation/83", "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." }