# The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 19: Reduced payments

Extent: N.I.

(1) Regulations may provide for the amount of an income-based jobseeker's allowance payable in respect of any young person to whom this Article applies to be reduced—
(a) in such circumstances,
(b) by such a percentage, and
(c) for such a period,
as may be prescribed.
(1A) Regulations may provide for the amount of a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance payable in respect of any joint-claim couple where a member of the couple is a young person to whom this Article applies to be reduced—
(a) in such circumstances,
(b) by such a percentage, and
(c) for such a period,
as may be prescribed.
(2) This Article applies to any young person in respect of whom—
(a) a direction is in force under Article 18; and
(b) either of the conditions mentioned in paragraph (3) is satisfied.
(3) The conditions are that—
(a) the young person was previously entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance and that entitlement ceased by virtue of the revocation of a direction under Article 18;
(b) he has failed to complete a course of training and no certificate has been issued to him under paragraph (4) with respect to that failure.
(4) Where a young person who has failed to complete a course of training—
(a) claims that there was a good reason for the failure, and
(b) applies to the Department for a certificate under this paragraph,
the Department shall, if it is satisfied that there was a good reason for the failure, issue a certificate to that effect and give a copy of it to the young person.
(5) In this Article “young person” means a person who has reached the age of 16 but not the age of 18.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2705/article/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-19
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