# The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, Paragraph 11

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

Where the claimant is a member of a couple and both members of the couple are aged under 60—
(a) in a case to which none of paragraphs 5 to 10 applies, £10; but, notwithstanding regulation 88 (calculation of income and capital of members of a claimant’s family and of a polygamous marriage), if this paragraph applies to a claimant it shall not apply to his partner except where, and to the extent that, the earnings of the claimant which are to be disregarded under this sub-paragraph are less than £10;
(b) in a case to which one or more of paragraphs 5 to 10 applies and the total amount disregarded under those paragraphs is less than £10, so much of the claimant’s earnings as would not in aggregate with the amount disregarded under paragraphs 5 to 10 exceed £10.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/198/schedule/5/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/schedule-5/paragraph-11
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