SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1APersons dependent on drugs etc.
6Voluntary and mandatory rehabilitation plans
1
Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on a person a requirement to comply with a mandatory rehabilitation plan as a condition of continuing to be entitled to the full amount payable to the person in respect of an employment and support allowance apart from the regulations.
2
Regulations under this paragraph must include provision for securing that a person is subject to the requirement mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) at any time only if—
a
the person has not at that time agreed to comply with a voluntary rehabilitation plan under paragraph 5, and
b
the Secretary of State is satisfied as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph.
3
For the purposes of this paragraph a “mandatory rehabilitation plan” is a document—
a
which is provided to the person by the Secretary of State, and
b
which contains one or more of the following requirements.
4
The requirements are that the person—
a
must attend an educational programme at a specified place and at specified times,
b
must take part in specified interviews, and specified assessments, at specified places and times, and
c
must take such other steps (if any) as may be specified,
with a view to the reduction or elimination of the person’s dependency on, or propensity to misuse, the drug in question.
5
Nothing may be specified in a mandatory rehabilitation plan which requires a person to submit to medical or surgical treatment.
6
Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular, make provision—
a
as to the involvement of a person in determining the particular requirements to be contained in a mandatory rehabilitation plan with which the person is to be required to comply;
b
about the form of mandatory rehabilitation plans (including provision as to their signing);
c
about the review, variation and revocation of mandatory rehabilitation plans;
d
for securing that a person who is required to comply with a mandatory rehabilitation plan provides information, and such evidence as may be prescribed, as to compliance with the plan.
7
Regulations under this paragraph must include provision for a requirement imposed on a person under this paragraph to cease to have effect if the person becomes a member of the support group.
8
In this paragraph “specified”, in relation to a mandatory rehabilitation plan, means specified in or determined in accordance with the plan.
Sch. 1A inserted (12.11.2009) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(1), Sch. 3 para. 7