Regulation 11 Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance RegulationsI1

The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996^f1 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “week” there shall be inserted the following definition—

• ““welfare to work beneficiary” means a person—

  1. (a)

     to whom regulation 13A(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 applies, and

  2. (b)

     who again becomes incapable of work for the purposes of Part XIIA of the Benefits Act;”.

In Schedule 1 (applicable amounts) in paragraph 12^f2 after sub-paragraph (2) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(3)

In this paragraph, where a claimant’s partner is a welfare to work beneficiary, sub-paragraphs (1)(a)(ii) and (2)(b) shall apply to him as if for “8 weeks” there were substituted “52 weeks”.”.

In Schedule 2 (housing costs) in paragraph 13^f3 after sub-paragraph (11) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(12)

Where the claimant’s partner to whom this paragraph applies is a welfare to work beneficiary, sub-paragraphs (1)(a)(ii), (1)(d) and (1)(f)(iii) shall apply to him as if for “12 weeks” there were substituted “52 weeks”.”.