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10.—[F1(1) Regulations may make provision for requiring a claimant[F2 (other than a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance)]
(a)To [F3participate in an interview in such manner, time and place] as[F2 an employment officer] may specify; and
(b)to provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to his circumstances, his availability for employment and the extent to which he is actively seeking employment.
[F2(1A) Regulations may make provision—
(a)for requiring each member of a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance to [F4participate in an interview in such manner, time and place] as [F5an employment officer] , may specify;
(b)for requiring a member of such a couple to provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to his circumstances, his availability for employment and the extent to which he is actively seeking employment;
(c)for requiring such a couple to jointly provide information and such evidence as may be prescribed as to the circumstances of each or either member of the couple, the availability for employment of each or either member of the couple and the extent to which each or either member of the couple is actively seeking employment;
(d)where any requirement to provide information or evidence is imposed on such a couple by virtue of sub-paragraph (c), for the joint obligation of the couple to be capable of being discharged by the provision of the information or evidence by one member of the couple.]
(2) Regulations under paragraph (1)[F2 or (1A)] may, in particular—
[F6(a)provide for entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance to cease at such time as may be determined in accordance with any such regulations if, when a person fails to comply with such regulations, that person (or, if that person is a member of a joint-claim couple, either member of the couple) does not make prescribed contact with an employment officer within a prescribed period of the failure;]
F7(ca). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
F1Arts. 8-8M and cross-heading substituted (2.5.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 for specified purposes and subsequently on the days on which and for the purposes for which "the amending provisions" are brought into force by secondary legislation) for arts. 8-12 and cross-heading by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 55(4); S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(3)(a)(iii); S.R. 2017/190, art. 9 (with arts. 10-25)
F3Words in art. 10(1)(a) substituted (1.6.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 51; S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(2)(a)(i); S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(b)
F4Words in art. 10(1A)(a) substituted (1.6.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 51; S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(2)(a)(i); S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(b)
F5Words in art. 10(1A)(a) substituted (1.6.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 7 para. 3(2); S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(2)(a)(ii); S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(h)
F6Art. 10(2)(a) substituted for art. 10(2)(a)-(c) (1.6.2016 for specified purposes, 27.9.2017 in so far as not already in force) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 7 para. 3(3); S.R. 2016/234, art. 2(2)(a)(ii); S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(h)
F7Art. 10(2)(ca)(d) repealed (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 3; S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(j)
F8Art. 10(2A)(3) repealed (27.9.2017) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), art. 2(2), Sch. 12 Pt. 3; S.R. 2017/190, art. 3(1)(2)(j)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 10(2) modified (temp. from 22.9.2010) by Welfare Reform (2010 Act) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitory Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/327), art. 3(a)
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