# The Social Security (Joint Claims Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001, Regulation 4: Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations

Extent: N.I.

In the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999—
(a) in regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations” there shall be inserted the following definitions—
““a joint-claim couple” has the same meaning as in Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (interpretation);
“a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” has the same meaning as in Article 3(4) of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;”;
(b) in regulation 26 (decisions against which an appeal lies), after paragraph (c) there shall be inserted the following—
“; or
(d) under Article 56 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (couples to make joint-claim for jobseeker’s allowance) where one member of the couple is working and the Department has decided that both members of the couple are not engaged in remunerative work;”;
(c) in paragraph 8 of Schedule 2A—
(i) in sub-paragraph (a), after “Article 5(1)(a)” there shall be inserted “or 5A(1)(a)”;
(ii) after paragraph (d), there shall be inserted the following—
“, or
(e) a joint-claim couple ceases to be a married or an unmarried couple,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/120/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-joint-claims-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-4
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