Paragraph 8

Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 para. 14(2) inserted by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 14A and cross heading inserted by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(6)
Sch. 1 para. 2(4) added by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(2)
Sch. 1 para. 8 substituted by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(3)
Sch. 1 para. 8A(1) words substituted by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(4)
Sch. 1 para. 14(1) Sch. 1 para. 14 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 14(1) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 8ZA inserted by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 art. 66(4)
Sch. 1 para. 8(b) words substituted by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 10(2)
Sch. 1 para. 8B(3) words substituted by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(a)
Sch. 1 para. 8B(3) words substituted by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(b)
Sch. 1 para. 8B(3) words substituted by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 Sch. 7 para. 10(3)(c)

~~F1Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance without—~~

(a)

~~being available for employment;~~

(b)

~~having entered into a jobseeker's agreement; or~~

(c)

~~actively seeking employment.~~

Annotations

F1: Sch. 1 paras. 8, 8A repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018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)