# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 3: Amendment of Part IX of the JSA Regulations

Extent: N.I.

(1) Part IX of the JSA Regulations (hardship) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) In regulation 140 (meaning of “person in hardship”)—
(a) for sub-paragraph (1)(f)(i) substitute—
“(i) where the person has an award, a jobseeker’s allowance is not payable because it is suspended or the award is reduced in accordance with Article 21 (higher level sanctions) or 21A of the Order (other sanctions) or regulation 69B (the period of a reduction under Article 21B: claimants ceasing to be available for employment etc.), and”;
(b) in paragraph (2) omit “, (4A), (4B) or (4C)”; and
(c) omit paragraphs (4A), (4B) and (4C).
(3) Omit regulation 140A (period when a person is not a person in hardship).
(4) In regulation 141(6) (circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship) from “regulations” to “to him” substitute “his award of jobseeker’s allowance has been reduced in accordance with Article 21 (higher level sanctions) or 21A of the Order (other sanctions) or regulation 69B (the period of a reduction under Article 21B: claimants ceasing to be available for employment etc.)”.
(5) In regulation 142(5) (further circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person in hardship)—
(a) from “Article 21” to “to him” substitute “his award of jobseeker’s allowance has been reduced in accordance with Article 21 (higher level sanctions) or 21A of the Order (other sanctions) or regulation 69B (the period of a reduction under Article 21B: claimants ceasing to be available for employment etc.)”; and
(b) in sub-paragraph (a) for “Article 21 of the Order” substitute “the reduction”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/241/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-sanctions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-3
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