The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000

Capital to be disregarded

17.—(1) Each of the Schedules specified in paragraph (2) below (which relate to capital to be disregarded) 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, but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.

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

  but only for the period of 52 weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the payment.”.

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

(a) paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;

(b) paragraphs 55 and 56 of Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations;

(c) paragraphs 56 and 57 of Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations;

(d) paragraphs 57 and 58 of Schedule 5 to the Housing Benefit Regulations;

(e) paragraphs 54 and 55 of Schedule 10 to the Income Support Regulations;

(f) paragraphs 49 and 50 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.

(1)

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