The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Habitual Residence) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013
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Type: NI Statutory Rule
Year: 2013
Number: 308
Made: 2013-12-19
Coming into force: 2014-01-01
Last ingested: 2026-06-12 from legislation.gov.uk.
Explanatory note
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These Regulations amend regulation 85A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 in relation to the definition of a “person from abroad”.
A claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance who is not habitually resident in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland (“the Common Travel Area”) is a person from abroad for whom the applicable amount is nil.
The effect of the amendment is that the habitual residence test cannot be satisfied unless the claimant has been living in the Common Travel Area for the past three months. This is in addition to the existing requirement to have a right to reside in the Common Travel Area.
Regulation 3 provides a saving for claims made or treated as made before 1st January 2014.