{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2009/107",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 for the definition of “benefit week” substitute—\n““benefit week” means—\n(a) a period of 7 days ending with a day determined in accordance with paragraph (b) unless, in any particular case or class of case, the Department arranges otherwise;\n(b) the day specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) is the day in column (2) which corresponds to the series of numbers in column (1) which includes the last 2 digits of the person’s national insurance number—\nColumn (1)\nColumn (2)\n00 to 19\nMonday\n20 to 39\nTuesday\n40 to 59\nWednesday\n60 to 79\nThursday\n80 to 99\nFriday;\n”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 6.4.2009, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; the definition of “benefit week” was amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 358, regulation 2(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 503 and regulation 13(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 359"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2009/107/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:33.580353+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."
}