The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 2001

Interpretation

2.  In regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations—

(a) after the definition of “the Independent Living Funds” there shall be inserted the following definition—

““Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus” means the programme known by that name and provided in pursuance of arrangements made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, being a programme lasting for up to 52 weeks for any one individual aged 50 years or over on the day that he first joined any such programme, and consisting for that individual of any one or more of the following elements, namely employed earner’s employment, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment, education and training, work experience, assistance with job search, motivation and skills training;”;

(b) in the definition of “self-employment route”M1 , at the end of paragraph (b)(ii), there shall be added the word “ or ”, and then there shall be inserted the following—

“(iii) the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv); or

(iv) the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus”.

Marginal Citations

M1 The definition of “self-employment route” was inserted by S.I. 2000/2910 and amended by S.I. 2001/652.