{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2007/2",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Regulations may modify any provision of this Part, so far as relating to a contributory allowance, in its application to any person who is, has been, or is to be—\n(a) employed on board any ship, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft, or\n(b) outside Northern Ireland at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances.\n(2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, provide—\n(a) for any provision of this Part to apply even though it would not otherwise apply;\n(b) for any such provision not to apply even though it would otherwise apply;\n(c) for the taking of evidence, in a country or territory outside Northern Ireland, by a consular official or other prescribed person;\n(d) for enabling the whole, or any part, of an employment and support allowance to be paid to such of the claimant's dependants as may be prescribed.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(d) substituted (2.5.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 for specified purposes, 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes, 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes, 1.2.2019 for specified purposes, 1.12.2025 for specified purposes, 1.4.2026 for specified purposes, 1.10.2026 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 3 para. 21(g); S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(2)(c)(vi); S.R. 2017/190, art. 6 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3); S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/1, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/97, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2018/138, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(5)-(7) (with art. 2(8)-(12)); S.R. 2025/176, arts. 2, 3A, 4 (with art. 3); S.R. 2026/115, art. 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 7 wholly in operation at 27.10.2008; Sch. 2 para. 7 not in operation at Royal Assent see s. 60(1); Sch. 2 para. 7 in operation for certain purposes at 1.7.2008 and wholly in operation at 27.10.2008 by S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2007/2/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:31.107511+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}