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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1995/2705",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Except in prescribed circumstances, a person is not entitled to a jobseeker's allowance in respect of a prescribed number of days at the beginning of a jobseeking period.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 excluded (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending Rule) by The Jobseekers Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/218), regs. 1(1), 35(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 4 excluded (27.9.2017 and further specified dates for specified purposes) by The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseekers Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/221), regs. 1(1)(b), 47(5)"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:43:30.643469+00:00"
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