{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-24.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2705",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/24",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Members of the forces",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may modify any provision of this Order, in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks proper, in its application to persons who are or have been members of Her Majesty's forces.\n(2) The regulations may, in particular, provide for Article 21(2)(b) not to apply in relation to a person who is discharged from Her Majesty's forces at his own request.\n(3) For the purposes of this Article, Her Majesty's forces shall be taken to consist of such establishments and organisations in which persons serve under the control of the Defence Council as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.\n(4) The power to make regulations under this Article is exercisable by statutory instrument.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 24(2) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which \"the amending provisions\" are brought into force by secondary legislation) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 4; S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 24(2) substituted (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 7 para. 8; S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nia/2010/13",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2705/article/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:43:30.643469+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."
}