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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Claimant commitment — exceptions",
  "text": "A claimant may be entitled to a jobseeker's allowance without having accepted a claimant commitment if the Department considers—\n(a) the claimant cannot accept a claimant commitment because they lack capacity to do so; or\n(b) there are exceptional circumstances in which it would be unreasonable to expect the person to accept a claimant commitment.",
  "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/8",
    "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."
}