# The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit and Jobseeker’s Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1999, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2226/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-benefit-and-jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-1999/note
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