{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1998/198",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Amendment) (New Deal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-northern-ireland-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Parts II and IV of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 4 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (interpretation of Parts II, IV and V)—\n(a) in the definition of “casual employment” after “any notice” there shall be inserted “except where otherwise provided”;\n(b) after the definition of “employment officer” there shall be inserted the following definitions—\n““examination” in relation to a qualifying course means an examination which is specified as an examination related to the qualifying course in a document signed on behalf of the establishment at which the qualifying course is being undertaken;\n“made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance” includes treated as having made a claim for the allowance and treated as having an award of the allowance in accordance with regulation 5, 6 or 7 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;”;\n(c) after the definition of “a person who is laid off” there shall be inserted the following definitions—\n““qualifying course” has the meaning given in Regulation 17A;\n“term-time” in relation to a qualifying course means the period specified as term-time in relation to a person to whom regulation 17A(2) applies in a document signed on behalf of the establishment at which the qualifying course is being undertaken;\n“vacation” in relation to a qualifying course means any period falling within the period of study, which is not term-time;”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 6.7.1998, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 518"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1998/198/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:24:02.169042+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."
}