Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations12

In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations28 (housing costs)—

a

in paragraph 4(4A)29, at the end of paragraph (a), there shall be added “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

b

in paragraph 14 (linking rule)—

i

in sub-paragraph (1)(ee)(i)30, after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “, or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

ii

in sub-paragraph (3ZA)31

aa

in paragraph (a), after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

bb

at the end, there shall be added “or activity”;

iii

in sub-paragraph (3B)32, after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

iv

in sub-paragraph (12)(c), after paragraph (ii)33 there shall be added the following paragraph—

or

iii

the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus,