{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-65",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-65.json",
  "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/65",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "65",
  "heading": "Relevant week",
  "text": "(1) Where the part-week—\n(a) is the whole period for which a jobseeker's allowance is payable or occurs at the beginning of an award, the relevant week is the period of 7 days ending on the last day of that part-week;\n(b) occurs at the end of an award, the relevant week is the period of 7 days beginning on the first day of the part-week; or\n(c) occurs because a jobseeker's allowance is not payable for any period in accordance with Articles 8J or 8K of the Order (circumstances in which a jobseeker's allowance is not payable), the relevant week is the 7 days ending immediately before the start of the next benefit week to commence for that claimant.\n(2) Where a person has an award of a jobseeker's allowance and their benefit week changes, for the purpose of calculating the amounts of a jobseeker's allowance payable for the part-week beginning on the day after their last complete benefit week before the change and ending immediately before the change, the relevant week is the period of 7 days beginning on the day after the last complete benefit week.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/218/regulation/65",
    "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."
}