# The Social Security (Joint Claims Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In regulation 8A(5) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975 (credits for unemployment)—
(a) after sub-paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(cc) a week in respect of which a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance was not payable or was reduced pursuant to Article 22A of that Order (denial or reduction of joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) because the person was subject to sanctions for the purposes of that Article, even though the couple of which he was a member satisfied the conditions for entitlement to that allowance;”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(dd) a week in respect of which a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance was payable in respect of a joint-claim couple of which the person is a member only by virtue of regulation 146C of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (circumstances in which a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance is payable where a joint-claim couple is a couple in hardship);”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/120/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-joint-claims-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-3
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