The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

4.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 1(3) (citation, commencement, interpretation and application)—

(a) in the definition of “full-time course of advanced education”—

(i) in paragraph (a), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009”;

(ii) in paragraph (b), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009”;

(iii) in paragraph (b)(i)—

(aa) omit “under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 or the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”;

(bb) for “either of those persons” substitute “the Secretary of State”.

(b) in the definition of “full-time student”—

(i) in paragraph (b)(i), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009”;

(ii) in paragraph (b)(ii), for “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding” substitute “or under section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009”;

(iii) in paragraph (b)(ii)(aa)—

(aa) omit “under section 14 of the Education Act 2002 or the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”;

(bb) for “the Secretary of State” substitute “either of those persons”.

(c) in paragraph (a) of the definition of “training allowance”, omit “the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(3) In regulation 11(3) (part-time students), omit “or Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(4) In regulation 57(1) (interpretation of Part IV), in the definition of “training”, omit “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(5) In regulation 130 (interpretation), in paragraph (d) of the definition of “access funds”, omit “or the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(6) In regulation 170(2) (persons in receipt of a training allowance), omit “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(7) In paragraph 16 (young persons in training) of Schedule A1 (categories of members of a joint-claim couple who are not required to satisfy the conditions in section 1(2B)(b)), omit “, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding”.

(1)

S.I. 1996/207, as amended by S.I. 2001/652, S.I. 2001/1434, S.I. 2001/2319, S.I. 2008/3157, S.I. 2010/641, S.I. 2010/1941 and S.I. 2012/956.