The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2001

Regulation 2

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) —

(a) after the definition of “attendance allowance”, insert —

““benefit week” means a period of 7 consecutive days commencing upon a Monday and ending on a Sunday;”;

(b) after the definition of “employed earner”, insert —

““employment zone” means an area within Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(1) and an “employment zone programme” means a programme established for such an area designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment;

“employment zone contractor” means a person who is undertaking the provision of facilities in respect of an employment zone programme on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment;”;

(c) after the definition of “self-employed earner”, insert —

• ““self-employment route” means —

  (a)

  that part of the Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(2),

  (b)

  assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in an employment zone programme;”;

(d) after the definition of “statutory sick pay”, insert —

““subsistence allowance” means an allowance which an employment zone contractor has agreed to pay to a person who is participating in an employment zone programme;”.

(1)

1999 c. 30.

(2)

Regulation 75(1)(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations was amended by S.I. 1997/2863 and 1998/1174.