# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Paragraph 8

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), for the purposes of this Part, once a premium is applicable to a claimant under this Part, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of any benefit—
(a) in the case of a benefit to which the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 applies, for any period during which, apart from the provisions of those regulations, he would be in receipt of that benefit, and
(b) for any period spent by a person on a scheme of a kind specified in sections 2 and 3 of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act (Northern Ireland) 1945 or section 1(1) of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950.
(2) For the purposes of the carer premium under paragraph 17, a person shall be treated as being in receipt of invalid care allowance by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) only if and for so long as the person in respect of whose care the allowance has been claimed remains in receipt of attendance allowance, or the care component of disability living allowance at the highest or middle rate prescribed in accordance with section 72(3) of the Benefits Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/schedule/1/part/III/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-1/part-III/paragraph-8
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