{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2020/63",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Prisoners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, State Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit – definition of prisoner",
  "text": "(1) Where the Department is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Department determines the Regulations in paragraph (2) are to be read as if the definition of “prisoner” did not include a person on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 .\n(2) The regulations are—\n(a) the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ;\n(b) the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 ;\n(c) the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 ;\n(d) the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ; and\n(e) the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 2(1) inserted (12.5.2021) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/105), regs. 1(1), 4(3)(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1953 c.18 (N.I.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.R. 1987 No. 459. Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1995 No. 86 and S.R. 1998 No. 81."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198. Relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1998 No. 81 and S.R. 2006 No. 234."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "S.R. 2003 No. 28. Relevant amending Regulations is S.R. 2018 No. 135."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.R. 2008 No. 280. There are no relevant amending Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "S.R. 2016 No. 216. There are no relevant amending Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/63/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:44:16.489864+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."
}