The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996

Amendment of the Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations

4.—(1) The Social Security (Mariners' Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1975(1) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In regulation 4(b)(2) (removal of disqualification for receiving benefit by reason of absence from Northern Ireland) “unemployment benefit” shall be omitted.

(3) In regulation 5(3) (evidence of unemployment or incapacity) for “unemployment benefit” there shall be substituted “a jobseeker’s allowance”.

(4) In regulation 7 (modification of contribution conditions for receiving benefit in certain circumstances, in respect of mariners employed on board foreign-going ships) for the words from the beginning up to and including “this regulation be satisfied” there shall be substituted—

“Where, on a claim for benefit, a contribution condition that the contributor concerned must in respect of the relevant past year have—

(a)either paid or been credited with contributions of a relevant class and the earnings factor derived from those contributions must not be less than a specified multiple of that year’s lower earnings limit; or

(b)either paid contributions or been credited with earnings as specified in Article 4 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, and the earnings factor derived from earnings upon which contributions have been paid or from earnings credited must not be less than a specified multiple of that year’s lower earnings limit,

cannot apart from this regulation be satisfied”.

(5) In regulation 9 (application of the Act and regulations) after “made thereunder” there shall be inserted “, or of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and regulations made thereunder,”.