The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000

Remunerative work

13.—(1) Regulation 53 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end(1) there was added the following paragraph—

“(j) he is participating 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.”.

(2) Regulation 6(1) of the Income Support Regulations (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after sub-paragraph (k)(2) there was inserted the following sub-paragraph—

“(1) he is participating 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;”.

(3) Both regulation 4 of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations and regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (5)(3) there was inserted the following paragraph—

“(5A) A person shall not, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as engaged in remunerative work in any benefit week in which he is participating 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.”.

(4) Both regulation 4 of the Family Credit Regulations and regulation 6 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (remunerative work) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if after paragraph (3)(c) there was added the following sub-paragraph—

“(d) he is participating 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.”.

(1)

Sub-paragraph (i) was added by S.I. 1999/2165.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (k) was added by S.I. 1992/2155 and amended by S.I. 1994/2139. Regulation 6 was renumbered by S.I. 1999/2556.

(3)

Paragraph (5) was, in both cases, amended by S.I. 1996/1510.