{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-33",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/33",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "The conditions and relevant earnings",
  "text": "(1) A claimant's relevant earnings for the purposes of Article 4(2)(b) of the Order (the contribution-based conditions) are the total amount of the claimant's earnings equal to the lower earnings limit for the base year.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), earnings which exceed the lower earnings limit are to be disregarded.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Article 4(2)(b) was amended by section 11(2) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c.13 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/218/regulation/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:25.282578+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."
}