The Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 1125

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005

Made

6th April 2005

Coming into force

25th April 2005

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Whereas these Regulations, so far as section 29(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 applies to them, are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work(2).

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 60(1), (2) and (9) and 83(4) and (6) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(3) and sections 19(10) and 29(1), (3) and (5) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1995 c. 18.

(2)

See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.

(3)

1999 c. 30; subsection (9) is an interpretation provision cited for the meaning given to the words “employment” and “prescribed”.

(4)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 84(1) of and Schedule 12 Part II (paragraphs 79 and 81(a)) to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 added section 60 of that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.