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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "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/8",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a person may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance without—\n(a) being available for employment;\n(b) having entered into a jobseeker's agreement; or\n(c) actively seeking employment.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Sch. 1 paras. 8, 8A repealed (27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018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)"
    }
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