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53. A person shall be treated as not engaged in remunerative work in so far as—
(a)he is engaged by a charity or a voluntary organisation or is a volunteer where the only payment received by him or due to be paid to him is a payment which is to be disregarded under regulation 103(2) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) [F1and in this paragraph “volunteer” means a person who is engaged in voluntary work, otherwise than for a relative, where the only payment received, or due to be paid to the person by virtue of being so engaged, is in respect of any expenses reasonably incurred by the person in connection with that work];
(b)he is engaged on a scheme for which a training allowance is being paid;
[F2(bb)he is receiving assistance [F3under the self-employment route];]
(i)is in employment;
(ii)lives in, or is temporarily absent from a care home, an Abbeyfield Home or an independent hospital; and
(iii)requires personal care by reason of old age, disablement, past or present dependence on alcohol or drugs, past or present mental disorder or a terminal illness.]]
(d)he is engaged in employment as–
(i)[F6a part-time member of a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959;]
[F7(ia)a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority;]
[F8(ia)a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority;]
[F9(ib)a part-time fire-fighter employed by a fire and rescue authority (as defined in section 1 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)) or a joint fire and rescue board constituted by an amalgamation scheme made under section 2(1) of that Act;]
(ii)an auxiliary coastguard in respect of coastal rescue activities;
(iii)a person engaged part-time in the manning or launching of a lifeboat;
(iv)a member of any territorial or reserve force prescribed in Part I of [F10Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001];
(e)he is performing his duties as a councillor, and for this purpose “councillor" has the same meaning as in section 171F(2) of the Benefits ActF11;
(f)he is engaged in caring for a person who is accommodated with him by virtue of arrangements made under any of the provisions referred to in paragraph 27 or 28 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings), and is in receipt of any payment specified in that paragraph;
(g)he is–
(i)the partner of the claimant; and
(ii)involved in a trade dispute; and (iii) not a person to whom regulation 52(2) applies,
and had he claimed a jobseeker’s allowance, section 14 (trade disputes) would have applied in his case;
[F12(gg)he is—
(i)a member of a joint-claim couple; and
(ii)involved in a trade dispute; and
(iii)not a person to whom regulation 52(2A) applies,
and had the joint-claim couple of which he is a member claimed a jobseeker’s allowance jointly, section 14 (trade disputes) would have applied in the case of one or both members of that couple;]
[F13(h)he is mentally or physically disabled, and by reason of that disability—
(i)his earnings are reduced to 75 per cent. or less of what a person without that disability and working the same number of hours would reasonably be expected to earn in that employment or in comparable employment in the area; or
(ii)his number of hours [F14of] work are 75 per cent. or less of what a person without that disability would reasonably be expected to undertake in that employment or in comparable employment in the area.]
[F15(i)he is engaged in an activity in respect of which—
(i)a sports award had been made, or is to be made, to him; and
(ii)no other payment is made or is expected to be made to him.]
[F16(k)he is engaged in the programme known as Work Experience.]
[F17(l)he is participating in the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme.]
F18(m). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F19(m)he is participating in a scheme prescribed in regulation 3 of the Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 53(a) inserted (6.4.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/641), regs. 1(1), 4(5)
F2Reg. 53(bb) inserted (27.11.2000) by The Social Security Amendment (Employment Zones) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2910), reg. 3
F3Words in reg. 53(bb) substituted (4.5.2004) by The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits Self-Employment Route Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/963), regs. 1(1), 4
F4Reg. 53(c) substituted (24.10.2005) by The Social Security (Care Homes and Independent Hospitals) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2687), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 2
F5Reg. 53(c) revoked in part (25.1.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3228), regs. 1(2), 4(1)(b)(i) (with reg. 4(3)(5))
F6Reg. 53(d)(i) revoked (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2060), art. 1(2)(f), Sch. para. 10(3)(a)
F7Reg. 53(d)(ia) inserted (W.) (25.10.2005) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2929), arts. 1(1), 36(3)
F8Reg. 53(d)(ia) inserted (30.12.2004) by The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (England) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3168), arts. 1(1), 36(3)
F9Reg. 53(d)(ib) inserted (S.) (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2060), art. 1(2)(f), Sch. para. 10(3)(b)
F10Words in reg. 53(d)(iv) substituted (2.10.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/2378), regs. 1(3), 13(3)(b)
F11Section 171F was inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1).
F12Reg. 53(gg) inserted (19.3.2001) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Joint Claims) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1978), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 16
F13Reg. 53(h) revoked in part (25.1.2010) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 5) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3228), regs. 1(2), 4(1)(b)(i) (with reg. 4(3)(5))
F14Word in reg. 53(h)(ii) inserted (7.10.1996) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/1516), reg. 1(1), Sch. Pt. 2
F15Reg. 53(i) added (23.8.1999) by The Social Security Amendment (Sports Awards) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2165), regs. 1(1), 7(2)
F16Reg. 53(k) inserted (5.4.2011) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Experience) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/789), regs. 1, 2(4)
F17Words in reg. 53(l) inserted (25.4.2011) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/688), regs. 1, 16(c)
F18Reg. 53(m) omitted (12.2.2013) by virtue of Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013 (c. 17), ss. 1(14), 3(2) (with s. 1(10))
F19Reg. 53(m) inserted (12.2.2013 at 6.45pm) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/276), regs. 1, 14(c)
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