{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/175",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Partners of claimants",
  "text": "(1) The social security information specified in paragraph (3) may be supplied by a relevant authority to the partner of a claimant for a qualifying benefit where one or more of the qualifying benefits is or has been payable to the claimant for at least 6 months.\n(2) The qualifying benefits are—\n(a) a jobseeker’s allowance;\n(b) income support;\n(c) incapacity benefit;\n(d) severe disablement allowance;\n(e) carer’s allowance .\n(3) The information which may be supplied is—\n(a) that a qualifying benefit is or has been payable to the claimant;\n(b) the period for which the qualifying benefit has been payable.\n(4) In this regulation, “partner” means one member of a couple of which the claimant is also a member , and “couple” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(2) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(2)(e) substituted (1.4.2003) by The Social Security (Carer’s Allowance) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002/323), reg. 1(1)(b), Sch. para. 1(u)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(4) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/536), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 27(a) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(4) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/536), art. 1, Sch. 3 para. 27(b) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13 in operation at 14.5.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/175/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:11:41.883549+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."
}