{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-39.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2015/2006",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Abolition of benefits",
  "text": "(1) The following benefits are abolished—\n(a) income-based jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Order;\n(b) income-related employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;\n(c) income support under section 123 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;\n(d) housing benefit under section 129 of that Act.\n(2) In paragraph (1)—\n(a) “income-based jobseeker's allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Order;\n(b) “income-related employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance entitlement to which is based on section 1(2)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007.\n(3) Schedule 3 contains consequential amendments.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in operation at 27.9.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/190, art. 6 (with arts. 7, 8, 10-25, Sch. 3) (as amended (30.3.2022) by S.R. 2022/132, arts. 4, 5, Sch. paras. 1(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in operation at 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/216, art. 4 (with art. 5) (as amended (15.1.2018) by S.R. 2018/1, art. 7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in operation at 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/1, art. 4 (with art. 5) (as amended (19.7.2018) by S.R. 2018/138, art. 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in operation at 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/97, art. 4 (with art. 5) (as amended (19.7.2018) by S.R. 2018/138, art. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in force at 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/138, art. 4 (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I6",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2) in force at 1.2.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(5)-(7) (with art. 2(8)-(12)) (as amended (30.3.2022) by S.R. 2022/132, arts. 4, 5, Sch. paras. 1(2)(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I7",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2)(3) in operation at 1.4.2026 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I8",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2)(3) in operation at 1.12.2025 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 2 (with art. 3) (as amended (17.6.2026) by S.R. 2026/115, art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I9",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(a)(b)(2)(3) in operation at 1.10.2026 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 3A (as inserted by S.R. 2026/115, art. 2(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I10",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(c) in operation at 1.4.2026 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I11",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(d) in operation at 14.11.2025 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 6 (as amended (17.6.2026) by S.R. 2026/115, art. 2(5))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I12",
      "text": "Art. 39(1)(d) in operation at 1.10.2026 for specified purposes by S.R. 2025/176, art. 7 (as inserted by S.R. 2026/115, art. 2(6); and further specified dates for specified purposes)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I13",
      "text": "Art. 39(3) in operation at 2.5.2016 by S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(2)(c)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:38:57.312183+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."
}