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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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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 Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987, the Social Security (Adjudication) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.\nThese Regulations provide that in cases where an amount in respect of mortgage interest is included in a person’s or his partner’s applicable amount for income support or income-based jobseeker’s allowance, and the person concerned ceases to receive one of those benefits but becomes entitled to the other benefit within a period of 12 weeks or, in certain cases 26 weeks, or less, that amount shall form part of his applicable amount with respect to the other benefit and shall be recalculated on the anniversary of the date on which housing costs were first met as part of the benefit to which he was first entitled. Further provision is made with respect to the recalculation of mortgage interest upon other changes of circumstances.\nThese Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security 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.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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