1997 No. 367
SOCIAL SECURITY

The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1997

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 19(10)(c) and 35(1) of the Jobseekers Act 19951, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, by this instrument, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 13th March 1997.

Interpretation of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19962.

(1)

Regulation 75 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 19963 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

(2)

In paragraph (1)(a)(iii), the word “and” shall be deleted where it occurs on the second occasion.

(3)

After paragraph (1)(a)(iii) there shall be inserted the following head—

“(iiia)

Jobfinder, being a programme of up to 7 interviews to give advaice, support and guidance in jobsearch and with emphasis on obtaining employment as soon as possible; and”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment.

Eric Forth
Minister of State,
Department for Education and Employment
(This note is not part of the Regulation)

These Regulations amend regulation 75 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996. Amongst other things, regulation 75 prescribes the meaning of “an employment programme” for the purposes of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995, which relates to the circumstances in which a jobseeker’s allowance is not payable to a person even though he satisfies the conditions of entitlement. The amendment adds a new employment programme, called Jobfinder, to the list of programmes in regulation 75.