Statutory Instruments
SOCIAL SECURITY
Made
1st February 1996
Coming into force
7th October 1996
F1 Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to Parts II, IV and V and regulation 170 of these Regulations, and the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to the remainder of the Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 2(1)(c), 3, 4(1)(b), (2), (4), (5) and (12), 5(3), 6, 7, 8, 9(1), (8), (10), (11) and (12), 10(1), (6)(c) and (7), 11(2), (5) and (7), 12, 13, 15(1), (2)(d), (5) and (6), 17(1), 19(2), (4), (7), (8) and (10)(c), 20, 21, 22, 23, 35(1) and (3), 36 and 40 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995F2, sections 5(1)(h), (i) and (j), 22(4), 23(9) and (10), 59, 189(4) and (5) and 191 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Administration Act 1992F3, sections 171D, 171G(2) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992F4, and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, those provisions of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and which is made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisionsF5, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Textual Amendments
F2Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".
F31992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
F41992 c.4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
F5See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Instrument modified (temp.) (7.4.1997) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Workskill Courses) Pilot Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/791), reg. 1(1)(2), 4 (with regs. 25, 26)
C2Instrument modified (temp.) (1.9.1997) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Workskill Courses) Pilot (No. 2) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1909), reg. 1(1)(2), 4 (with regs. 25, 26)
C3Instrument modified (2.4.1999) by The New Deal (25 plus) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/779), art. 2, Sch.
C4Regulations applied (5.10.2009) by The Flexible New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1562), regs. 1(2), 2(1)(c), Sch.
C5Regulations applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(e)(iii)(3) (with reg. 3)