# The Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Paragraph 8A

Extent: N.I.

(1) Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance without each member of the couple satisfying all the conditions referred to in Article 3(2B)(b).
(2) Regulations may prescribe circumstances in which, and a period for which, a transitional case couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance without having jointly made a claim for it.
(3) In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a) “a transitional case couple” means a joint-claim couple a member of which is entitled to an income-based jobseeker's allowance on the coming into operation of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999; and
(b) “period” shall be construed in accordance with Article 5(3).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2705/schedule/1/paragraph/8A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1/paragraph-8A
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