Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
24th June 1996
Laid before Parliament
25th June 1996
Coming into force
17th July 1996
Whereas arrangements have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973M1 ( “the 1973 Act") to set up a programme to be known as Project Work:
And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that Project Work makes provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 26(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) of the Employment Act 1988M2 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—
Marginal Citations
M11973 c.50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c.19).
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 M3,
(b)the Jobseekers Act 1995 M4 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
Article 3
The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 M5
The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 M6
The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983 M7
The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 M8
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M9
The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987 M10
[F1The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006;]
[F2The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006;]
The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 M11
The European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1988 M12
The Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises) Order 1989 M13
The Students’ Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1991 M14
The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991 M15
The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 6 Regulations 1991 M16
The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 M17
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992 M18
[F3The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006;]
[F4The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006]
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment and Special Cases) Regulations 1992 M19
The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reductions of Grant) Regulations 1994 M20
The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1995 M21
The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1995 M22
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M23
[F5The Child Support (Maintenance Calculations and Special Cases) Regulations 2000]
[F5The Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. substituted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(a)Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(e) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F2Words in Sch. inserted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(b)Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(e) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F3Words in Sch. substituted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(c)Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(e) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F4Words in Sch. inserted (6.3.2006) by The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/217), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(d)Sch. 2 para. 7(2)(e) (with regs. 2, 3, Sch. 3, Sch. 4)
F5Words in Sch. inserted (6.3.2006) by S.I. 2001/158, reg. 9 with {reg. 1(2)(3)} and S.I. 2003/192
Marginal Citations
M5S.I. 1975/556; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1978/409, 1987/414, 1988/1230, 1439 and 1545, 1989/1627 and 1991/387.
M6S.I. 1979/597; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1982/1173, 1988/1446 and 1991/387.
M7S.I. 1983/1598; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/872 and 1324 and 1991/387.
M8S.I. 1987/1967; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/663 and 1445, 1989/1678, 1991/387, 1992/468 and 2115, 1993/2119, 1994/2139 and 1995/482 and 1613.
M9S.I. 1987/1968; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1990/2208 and 1991/387.
M10S.I. 1987/1969; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1626 and 1991/387.
M11S.I. 1987/1973; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1988/1970, 1991/387, 1992/573, 1993/2119 and 2139, 1994/2189 and 1995/2303.
M12S.I. 1988/538; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/387.
M13S.I. 1989/76; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1991/387.
M17S.I. 1991/2887: relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/2155, 1993/2119, 1994/2139 and 1995/2303.
M18S.I. 1992/1813; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/913 and 1995/1045.
M19S.I. 1992/1815; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/913 and 1995/1045.
M20S.I. 1994/648; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1995/838.
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that, for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4) and the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) and of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to the Order, a person using facilities provided under the Project Work programme shall be treated as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c.50). Any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.