Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Jobseekerâs Benefit and Jobseekerâs Benefit (Self-Employed) â Persons who have attained the age of 65 years) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Jobseeker’s Benefit and Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed) – Persons who have attained the age of 65 years) Regulations 2021.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2021.
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paragraphs: These Regulations come into operation on the 25th day of January 2021.
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paragraphs: The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) are amended–
(a) in article 14-
(i) in sub-article (1) (amended by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 4) (One-Parent Family Payment) Regulations 2012 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2012 )) by the insertion, after “178B(3),” of “and for the purposes of Chapters 12 and 12A of Part 2,” and
(ii) by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (8):
“(9) This article shall not apply to a person who, but for sections 68A or 68K(2) would otherwise qualify for jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) from the date that person attains the age of 65 years where that person is a person-
(a) who, prior to that that date had commenced in full-time education or a course of study within the meaning of section 148(2),
or
(b) who, on or after that date, commences full-time education or a course of study within the meaning of section 148.”,
(b) in article 15-
(i) in sub-article (1) (amended by article 6 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control)(Amendment) (No.11 )(Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed)) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 551 of 2019 )) by the substitution of “sub-articles (1A) and” for “sub-article”, and
(ii) by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (1):
“(1A) For the purposes of sections 62(5)(a)(ii) and (iii) and 68C(2), a person who has attained the age of 65 years who would otherwise qualify for jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed), shall be exempt from being required to be available for employment and genuinely seeking work, and this article shall not apply to such a person.”,
(c) in article 16-
(i) in sub-article (1) (amended by article 7 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control)(Amendment) (No.11 )(Jobseeker’s Benefit (Self-Employed)) Regulations 2019 ( S.I. No. 551 of 2019 )) by the substitution of “Subject to sub-article (1A), for ” for “For”, and
(ii) by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (1):
“(1A) This article shall not apply to a person who, but for sections 62(7) and 68C(2) would otherwise qualify for jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed), where that person is a person who has attained the age of 65 years.”,
(d) in article 47(1), by the substitution of “Subject to article 52HA, for” for “For”,
(e) in article 48, by the substitution of “Subject to article 52HA, where” for “Where”,
(f) in article 52, by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (1):
“(2) Article 52(1)(a) shall not apply to a person who has attained the age of 65 years, and who would otherwise, but for this article, qualify for jobseeker’s benefit.”,
(g) in article 52F(3), by the substitution of “68J” for “62J”,
(h) in article 52G, by the insertion of the following sub-article after sub-article (1):
“(2) Article 52G(1)(a) shall not apply to a person who has attained the age of 65 years, and who would otherwise, but for this article, qualify for jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed).”,
(i) by the insertion of the following article after article 52H:
“Rates of payment for claimants over 65 years of age
52HA. Where a claimant who would otherwise qualify for jobseeker’s benefit or jobseeker’s benefit (self-employed) has attained the age of 65 years, then notwithstanding any provision in the Act or these Regulations, and in accordance with section 292,