The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations

2.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraphs of this regulation.

(2) In regulation 1(3) (Interpretation)—

(a) the definition of “the FEFC” shall be omitted;

(b) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “full-time course of advanced education” and paragraph (b)(i) of the definition of “full-time student”, for the words “the FEFC”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales”;

(c) for paragraph (b) of the definition of “full-time course of advanced education” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) a course of study which is funded in whole or in part by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales if it involves more than 16 guided hours per week for the student in question, according to the number of guided learning hours per week for that student set out—

(i) in the case of a course funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England, in his learning agreement signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England for the delivery of that course; or,

(ii) in the case of a course funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, in a document signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales for the delivery of that course; or,”.

(d) for paragraphs (b)(ii) of the definition of “full-time student” there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(ii) undertaking a course of study which is funded in whole or in part by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales if it involves more than 16 guided hours per week for the student in question, according to the number of guided learning hours per week for that student set out—

(aa) in the case of a course funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England, in his learning agreement signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England for the delivery of that course; or,

(bb) in the case of a course funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, in a document signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales for the delivery of that course; or,”.

(3) In paragraph 3 of regulation 11 (Part-time students), for the words “provided in England and Wales directly or indirectly by a Training and Enterprise Council, or a Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise, under its contractual arrangement with the Secretary of State and, in Scotland”, there shall be substituted the words “secured in England and Wales by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, and, in Scotland, provided”(2).

(1)

S.I. 1996/207.

(2)

Words “, or a Chamber of Commerce, Training and Enterprise, under its contractual arrangement with the Secretary of State” substituted by S.I. 1999/3087.