
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Incapacity, Earnings and Work Trials) Pilot Schemes Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 11th April 1999.
(2) These Regulations, other than regulation 7 (transitional provision), shall cease to have effect on 8th April 2000, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.
(3) In these Regulations—
 “the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
 “the Incapacity General Regulations” means the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations 1995;
 “a pilot scheme area” means the locality of the district offices of the Department of Social Security specified in column (3) of the Schedule to these Regulations and, in relation to those district offices, the postal districts specified in column (4) of the Schedule;
 “the pilot scheme period” means any day within a period beginning on 11th April 1999 and ending on 8th April 2000; and
 “a prescribed benefit” means any benefit, allowance or advantage under the Contributions and Benefits Act (other than statutory sick pay) mentioned in section 77(8) of the Social Security Act 1998 and for which entitlement is dependent on incapacity for work.
2 
These Regulations shall apply to any person who—
(a) subject to regulation 6, is residing in a pilot scheme area during any period within the pilot scheme period; and
(b) is—
(i) on 11th April 1999, receiving a prescribed benefit from a district office in a pilot scheme area; or
(ii) on or after 11th April 1999, entitled to, and claims, a prescribed benefit in a pilot scheme area for any day within the pilot scheme period.
3 
These Regulations modify the Incapacity General Regulations to the extent prescribed in these Regulations and in so far as those Regulations apply to a person to whom these Regulations apply.
4 

(1) Where a person who does any work on any day in a week for which he would otherwise be treated as capable of work under regulation 16 of the Incapacity General Regulations, he shall, if his earnings in that week do not exceed £15, be treated as incapable of work for that week.
(2) For the purposes of calculating the amount of a person’s earnings under this regulation, the provisions of the Social Security Benefit (Computation of Earnings) Regulations 1996 shall be treated as if they applied to this regulation.
5 

(1) A person to whom this regulation applies shall be treated as incapable of work on any day, in whole or in part as the case may be, on which he does any approved work in a period of incapacity for work consisting of days, or part days, as the case may be, aggregated to not more than 15 days.
(2) This regulation applies to a person—
(a) who has been incapable of work or treated as incapable of work for a period of incapacity for work of more than 196 days;
(b) who is receiving a prescribed benefit; and
(c) who is engaged in approved work on a trial basis.
(3) In this regulation—
 “approved work” means, in relation to a person, work arranged in writing by the Employment Service of the Department for Education and Employment with an employer in respect of that person;
 “a period of incapacity for work” means—
(a) a period of 4 or more consecutive days each of which is a day on which a person is incapable of work and any two such periods separated by a period of not more than 8 weeks is to be treated as one period of incapacity for work, or
(b) such larger number of weeks as is prescribed under section 30C(4)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and
 “trial basis” means such trial period and other related matters as may be agreed between the person, the Department for Education and Employment and an employer in relation to the approved work.
6 

(1) This regulation applies to a person who moves his residence from a pilot scheme area (“former pilot scheme area”) to a residence which is not within a pilot scheme area in the course of the pilot scheme period.
(2) A person to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be treated as residing in the former pilot scheme area if—
(a) immediately before his departure from the former pilot scheme area, he was doing work in circumstances in which regulation 4 or 5 applied; and
(b) immediately after his departure from the former pilot scheme area, he continues to do the work for which he was treated as incapable of work in circumstances in which regulation 4 or 5 applied.
7 
On the expiry of these Regulations, the Incapacity General Regulations shall apply to any person to whom these Regulations applied with modifications to those Regulations made by these Regulations for—
 
(a) in relation to a person to whom regulation 4 applies, a period up to 7th October 2000, or
(b) in relation to a person to whom regulation 5 applies, the remaining period in respect of which he is doing approved work,but only in respect of the work for which he is engaged in doing on 8th April 2000 or the work approved in relation to him before 8th April 2000, as the case may be.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Stephen C. Timms
Minister of State,
Department of Social Security
7th April 1999
SCHEDULE
Regulation 1(3)


(1) (2) (3) (4)
Region District Offices Postal Districts
AD1—East London & Anglia Newham Canning Town E16
  Plaistow E6, E13
  Stratford E12, E15, E7
AD2—Chilterns Bedfordshire Bedford MK17, MK40, MK41, MK42, MK43, MK44, MK45, MK46, LU5, NN9, NN10, PE18, PE19, SG5, SG15, SG16, SG17, SG18, SG19
  Luton HP4, LU1, LU2, LU3, LU4, LU5, LU6, LU7, MK40, MK45
AD3—London South Central Sussex Brighton BN1, BN2
  Hove BN2, BN3, BN6, BN7, BN8, BN9, BN10, BN25, BN41, RH15, RH17
AD4—West Country Bristol East & Bath Bath BA1, BA2, BA3, BA4, BA5, BA6, TA11, BS18, BS31, BS39, BS40
  Bristol East BS5, BS7, BS10, BS12, BS15, BS16, BS17, GL9, GL12, SN14, BS30, BS32, BS34, BS35, BS36, BS37, BS99
AD4—West Country South Devon Plymouth EX20, PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4, PL5, PL6, PL7, PL8, PL9, PL19, PL20, PL21, TQ7, TQ8, TQ13, PL16
  Saltash PL10, PL11, PL12
  Torbay TQ1, TQ2, TQ3, TQ4, TQ5, TQ6, TQ9, TQ10, TQ11, TQ12, TQ14
AD5—Mercia Mercia Operations East Boston LN4, PE6, PE10, PE11, PE12, PE13, PE14, PE20, PE21, PE22
  Kings Lynn PE37, CB6, IP25, IP26, IP27, NR9, NR11, NR19, NR20, NR21, NR22, NR23, NR24, NR25, PE12, PE13, PE14, PE15, PE30, PE31, PE32, PE33, PE34, PE35, PE36, PE38
  Skegness LN4, LN11, LN12, LN13, PE22, PE23, PE24, PE25
AD6—West Midlands Birmingham SE Birmingham Coventry Road B26, B27, B36, B37, B90, B91, B92, B93, B94, CV5,CV7, CV8
  Birmingham Poplar Road B11, B28
AD6—West Midlands Sandwell Smethwick B64, B65, B66, B67, B68, B69
  West Bromwich B70, B71, DY4, B42, B43, B62, WS10, WS5, WV14
AD7—Wales Eastern Valleys Aberdare CF44, CF45
  Blackwood NP1, NP2, NP3
  Caerphilly CF81, CF82, CF83, NP1, NP2
  Ebbw Vale CF4, HR3, NP3, NP7, NP8, SA9, SA10
  Merthyr Tydfil CF1, CF46, CF47, CF48, CF81, NP2
AD9—Greater Manchester Bolton Bolton BL1, BL2, BL3, BL4, BL5, BL6, BL7, M28, M38
AD10—Yorkshire North Yorkshire Scarborough DL6, TS13, YO6, YO7, YO11, YO12, YO13, YO14, YO17, YO18, YO21, YO22, YO25, YO61, YO62
  York CA17, DL2, DL7, DL8, DL9, DL10, DL11, TS8, TS9, TS15, YO1, YO2, YO3, YO4, YO5, YO8, YO10, YO13, YO14, YO19, YO23, YO24, YO26, YO30, YO31, YO32, YO41, YO51, YO60, YO61, YO62, BD23, HG1, HG2, HG3, HG4, HG5, LS17, LS21, LS22, LS24, LS25, LS29, LA10
AD11—Tyne Tees South Tyneside Gateshead DH2, DH3, NE8, NE9, NE10, NE11, NE16, NE17, NE21, NE39, NE40, NE41
  South Shields NE31, NE32, NE33, NE34, NE35, NE36, SR6
AD12—West of Scotland SW Scotland Ayr KA5, KA6, KA7, KA8, KA9, KA10, KA18, KA19, KA26
  Dumfries DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, DG5, DG6, DG7, DG10, DG11, DG12, DG13, DG14, DG16, ML12
  Irvine KA11, KA12, KA13, KA14, KA15, KA20, KA21, KA22, KA23, KA24, KA27
  Kilmarnock KA1, KA2, KA3, KA4, KA16, KA17
  Stranraer DG8, DG9
AD13—East of Scotland Grampian & Shetland Aberdeen AB2, AB3, AB10, AB11, AB12, AB13, AB14, AB15, AB16, AB21, AB24, AB25, AB30, AB31, AB32, AB33, AB34, AB35, AB36, DD10
  Peterhead AB39, AB41, AB42, AB43, AB51, AB52, AB53, AB54, AB55, AB56
  Lerwick ZE1, ZE2
AD13—East of Scotland Lanarkshire Bellshill ML1, ML4, G71
  Coatbridge FK1, G69, ML1, ML5, ML6
  Hamilton EH46, EH47, EH55, G71, G72, ML1, ML3, ML8, ML9, ML11, ML12
  Motherwell ML1, ML2, ML7, ML8