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Explanatory note

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These Regulations further amend–

(1)

the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/2946) so that a day in respect of which a person makes a claim for incapacity benefit is not to be treated as a day of incapacity unless the claim is accompanied by the claimant's, or his dependant's, national insurance number (regulation 2); and

(2)

the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) so that days in respect of which a claimant is not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because he has not provided his or his dependant’s national insurance number, shall not be, or be part of, a jobseeking period (regulation 3).

These Regulations do not impose a charge on business.