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These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security Amendment (Employment Programme) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 14th October 2002.
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(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 1 (interpretation) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “self-employment route” there shall be substituted—“
(a) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa); or”.
(3) In paragraph (2)(f)(i) of regulation 48 (linking periods) before the words “Employment Option” the words “Self-Employed” shall be inserted.
(4) In paragraph (1) of regulation 75 (interpretation)—
(a) sub-paragraphs (a)(i)(aa)(Jobplan Workshop) and (a)(i)(ee)(Programme Centre Workshop) shall be omitted;
(b) for sub-paragraph (a)(ii)(aa)(Employment Option of the New Deal) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—“(aa) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal, being a programme which lasts for any individual for up to 26 weeks and which includes for that individual assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment;”.
(5) After paragraph 60 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.
(6) After paragraph 45 of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal) but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.
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(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) For paragraph (a) of the definition of “self-employment route” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) there shall be substituted—“
(a) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or”.
(3) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph 62 for the words “those Regulations” there shall be substituted “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996”;
(b) after paragraph 62 the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.
(4) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph 50 for the words “those Regulations” there shall be substituted “the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996”;
(b) after paragraph 50 the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal) but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.
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(1) The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) After paragraph 64 of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.
(3) After paragraph 53 of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of payment.”.
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(1) The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) After paragraph 64 of Schedule 4 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.
(3) After paragraph 53 of Schedule 5 (capital to be disregarded) the following paragraph shall be inserted—“
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Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal) but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of payment.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Maria Eagle
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
5th September 2002