{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-16.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2705",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations may modify any provision of this Order in its application to any person who is, has been, or is to be—\n(a) employed on board any ship, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft, or\n(b) outside Northern Ireland at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances,\nso far as that provision relates to a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance.\n(2) The regulations may in particular provide—\n(a) for any such provision to apply even though it would not otherwise apply;\n(b) for any such provision not to apply even though it would otherwise apply;\n(c) for the taking of evidence, in a country or territory outside Northern Ireland, by a British consular official or other prescribed person;\n(d) for enabling payment of the whole, or any part of a contribution-based jobseeker's allowance to be paid to such of the claimant's dependants as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 1.2.2019 for specified purposes, 1.12.2025 for specified purposes, 1.4.2026 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 1; S.R. 2017/190, art. 6, Sch. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3); S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/1, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/97, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/138, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(5)-(7) (with art. 2(8)-(12)); S.R. 2025/176, arts. 2, 4 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(2)(d) repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 1.2.2019 for specified purposes, 1.12.2025 for specified purposes, 1.4.2026 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 1; S.R. 2017/190, art. 6, Sch. 2 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3); S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/1, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/97, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/138, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(5)-(7) (with art. 2(8)-(12)); S.R. 2025/176, arts. 2, 4 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "inserted",
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      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010"
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    {
      "type": "added",
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    {
      "type": "substituted",
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    {
      "type": "Sch. 1 para. 14 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 14(1)",
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    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2705/schedule/1/paragraph/16",
    "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."
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