The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000

Income to be disregarded

16.—(1) Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) below (which relate to sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if the following paragraphs were inserted bearing the respective specified paragraph numbers—

• “Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation 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 2000 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

• 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 2000 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 of the intensive activity period and which is made in respect of the participant’s participation in that period.”.

(2) The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above are(1)—

(a) paragraphs 68 and 69 of Schedule 4 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;

(b) paragraphs 61 and 62 of Schedule 3 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;

(c) paragraphs 63 and 64 of Schedule 2 to the Family Credit Regulations;

(d) paragraphs 69 and 70 of Schedule 4 to the Housing Benefit Regulations;

(e) paragraphs 67 and 68 of Schedule 9 to the Income Support Regulations;

(f) paragraphs 65 and 66 of Schedule 7 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

(1)

The specified paragraphs were inserted by modification by S.I. 1999/3156.