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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 1999.
(2) These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 29th November 1999, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.
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(1) The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 11 (scope of Part III), for the number “17” there shall be substituted the number “18”.
(3) For regulation 12(1) (definition of “training allowance”), there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
(1) The definition of “training allowance” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (which are interpretation provisions) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there were added the words–“
 nor does it include any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to–
(i) section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
(ii) a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.””.
(4) In regulation 16(1) (income to be disregarded)–
(a) in the first paragraph of the modifications added by that regulation, the words from “but this paragraph” to the end of that paragraph shall be omitted;
(b) for the second paragraph of the modifications added by that regulation, there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
 Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to–
(a) section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
(b) a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.” .
(5) For the second paragraph of the modifications added by regulation 17(1) (capital to be disregarded), there shall be substituted the following paragraph–“
 Any top-up payment made to a person (“the participant”) pursuant to–
(a) section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations (“the intensive activity period”); or
(b) a written arrangement entered into between the Secretary of State and the person who has arranged for the participant’s participation in the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period,but only for the period of 52 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the payment.”.
(6) After regulation 17, there shall be added the following regulation–“
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(1) Both regulation 102A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 39A of the Income Support Regulations (which relate to participants in the self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if–
(a) regulation 102A and regulation 39A were renumbered regulation 102A(1) and regulation 39A(1) respectively;
(b) for the definition of “self-employment route” in the renumbered paragraph (1) there was substituted the following definition–“
 “self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;”;
(c) after the renumbered paragraph (1), there was added the following paragraph–“
(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, the last day upon which assistance is received under the self-employment route shall be the day–
(a) upon which there is at least £2,000 in the participant’s special account;
(b) which is 26 weeks after the day upon which the participant first received such assistance; or
(c) which is the last day upon which the participant received such assistance,
whichever shall first occur.”.
(2) The provisions specified in paragraph (3) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if for the references to a person receiving, or having received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, there were substituted references to a person receiving or, as the case may be, having received, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.
(3) The provisions to which paragraph (2) refers are–
(a) in the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, regulation 31(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;
(b) in the Disability Working Allowance Regulations, regulation 34(7), paragraph 59 of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 6 and 53 of Schedule 4;
(c) in the Family Credit Regulations, regulation 31(7), paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 6 and 54 of Schedule 3;
(d) in the Housing Benefit Regulations, regulation 40(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;
(e) in the Income Support Regulations, paragraph 64 of Schedule 9 and paragraphs 6 and 52 of Schedule 10;
(f) in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, paragraph 62 of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 11 and 47 of Schedule 8.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
Angela Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department of Social Security
24th March 1999