The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (New Deal) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998
These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 in relation to those persons who are undertaking qualifying courses as defined for the purposes of Parts II and IV of those Regulations by providing that refugees and persons given exceptional leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom on humanitarian grounds, may count periods of receipt of income support towards the 2 year qualifying period which a person must satisfy before he may undertake a qualifying course (regulation 2).