
1 
This Order may be cited as the Project Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 17th July 1996.
2 
In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires—
 “Project Work” means the programme of combined work experience and supervised jobsearch provided in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 and known as Project Work;
 “training allowance” means a payment made, directly or indirectly, by the Secretary of State to a Project Work Participant in connection with his participation in Project Work;and a person is, or, as the case may be, was at any material time, a “Project Work Participant” if he is, or, as the case may be, was at that time, using facilities provided for him in pursuance of arrangements made for Project Work.
3 

(1) For the purposes of—
(a) Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,
(b) the Jobseekers Act 1995 and
(c) the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order,
if, for any period or periods commencing with or falling after the date on which this Order comes into force during which a person is a Project Work Participant, that person receives, or is eligible to receive, a training allowance he is to be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the 1973 Act; and accordingly any payment made to such a person during that period or those periods in connection with his use of facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.
Eric Forth
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
24th June 1996
SCHEDULE
Article 3


 The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975
 The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979
 The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983
 The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987
 The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987
 The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987
 The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987
 The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987
 The European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1988
 The Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises) Order 1989
 The Students’ Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1991
 The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991
 The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 6 Regulations 1991
 The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991
 The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992
 The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992
 The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment and Special Cases) Regulations 1992
 The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reductions of Grant) Regulations 1994
 The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1995
 The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1995
 The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996
