# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations


(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).
(2) In regulation 14(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available) after sub-paragraph (j) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(ja) notwithstanding regulation 15(a), if he is participating in a programme provided by the Venture Trust in pursuance of an arrangement made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department with the Trust, for a maximum of 4 weeks and one such programme in any period of 12 months;”.
(3) In regulation 19(1) (circumstances in which a person is to be treated as actively seeking employment) after sub-paragraph (j) there shall be inserted the following sub-paragraph—
“(ja) in any week during which he is participating for not less than 3 days in a programme provided by the Venture Trust in pursuance of an arrangement made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department with the Trust, for a maximum of 4 weeks and one such programme in any period of 12 months;”.
(4) In regulation 30(c) (circumstances in which a claimant is to be regarded as having good cause for failing to comply with a notice under regulation 23) for “(k)” there shall be substituted “(ja)”.
(5) In regulation 47(3)(b) (jobseeking period) the words from “or, where good cause” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted.
(6) In Schedule 2 (housing costs) in paragraph 13(6)(b) for “regulation 9” there shall be substituted “regulation 8A or 8B”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/107/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/regulation-2
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