The Housing Renewal Grants (Amendment) (England) 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); or

  (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.