{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/319",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Back to Work Bonus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-back-to-work-bonus-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Couples both of whom are entitled to a qualifying benefit",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 16 of the Back to Work Bonus Regulations (couples both of whom are entitled to a qualifying benefit) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (b) for “income support,” there shall be substituted “income support or;”, and\n(b) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraphs—\n“(c) one member of a polygamous marriage is entitled to a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, and\n(d) another member of the polygamous marriage is entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance,”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(c) at the end there shall be inserted “, or had a period of entitlement to a qualifying benefit within 12 weeks of the day after they became a couple;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/319/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:34:47.701702+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."
}