{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/200",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Claims for a jobseeker’s allowance",
  "text": "(1) Claims made on or after 7th October 1996 for a jobseeker’s allowance may be treated by the Department as a claim in addition to, or as a claim for unemployment benefit or income support or both for a period before 7th October 1996.\n(2) A claim treated as made for unemployment benefit or income support in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be treated as made on the day the claim for a jobseeker’s allowance was made.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 17 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/200",
      "affecting_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/200/regulation/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-14T03:32:06.443285+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."
}