{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/541",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Amendment) (New Deal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Linking periods",
  "text": "In regulation 48(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (linking periods) after sub-paragraph (e), there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—\n“(f) any period throughout which the claimant was participating—\n(i) in the Employment Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(i);\n(ii) either in the Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) or in the Environmental Task Force Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) and was not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because, as a consequence of his participation in either of those options, the claimant was engaged in remunerative work or failed to satisfy the condition specified either in Article 4(1)(c) or Article 5(1)(a) of the Order.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 5.1.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (e) was added by regulation 2(8)(e) of S.R. 1996 No. 503"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 75 is substituted by regulation 8 of these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/541/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:25:54.054533+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."
}