{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-coronavirus-prisoners-regulations-northern-ireland-2020/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Income Support, Jobseekers Allowance, State Pension Credit and Employment and Support Allowance - persons treated as being or not being members of the same household",
  "text": "Where the Department is satisfied that it is expedient as a result of coronavirus disease and in such cases as the Department determines the following provisions are to be read as if the words “on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act (Northern Ireland) 1953” were omitted—\n(a) regulation 16(3)(b) of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 ;\n(b) regulation 78(3)(b) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\n(c) regulation 5(1)(c) of the State Pension Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003; and\n(d) regulation 156(4)(b) of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3 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)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Regulation 16(3)(b) was substituted by regulation 5(5) of S.R. 1996 No. 405."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Regulation 78(3)(b) was substituted by regulation 18 of S.R. 1996 No. 358."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2020/63/regulation/3",
    "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."
}