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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-members-of-the-reserve-forces-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/184",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Members of the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 (“the 1987 Regulations”), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) and the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”).\nRegulations 2(2) and (3) and 3(2) and (5) amend the 1987 Regulations and the 1996 Regulations respectively in relation to a person who is in receipt of income support or jobseeker’s allowance and make provision as to how earnings derived from participation as a member of the reserve forces, whether paid alone or together with other earnings derived from the same source, are to be taken into account for periods of training.\nRegulations 2(4)(b)(ii) and 3(8)(b)(ii) amend the 1987 Regulations and the 1996 Regulations respectively to extend the period of time over which sums can be disregarded in the calculation of earnings for those in receipt of income support or jobseeker’s allowance from 15 days to 43 days.\nRegulation 3(3) and (4) amends the 1996 Regulations in relation to a person who is in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and provides that during training received in their first year, members of the reserve forces will be treated as available for, and actively seeking, employment (which are 2 of the basic conditions of entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance) for up to 43 days of training.\nRegulation 4 amends the 2008 Regulations. It does so in relation to employment and support allowance in the same way as regulations 2 and 3 amends the 1987 Regulations and the 1996 Regulations but only in relation to earnings of a claimant’s partner derived from participation as a member of the reserve forces.\nAll other provisions (other than regulation 1) remove obsolete references to the word “territorial” which are no longer required in respect of the reserve forces due to the renaming of Army Reserve and Territorial Army in section 44 of the Defence Reform Act 2014.\nRegulation 5 makes a consequential revocation.\nThese Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.",
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