The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998
PART IGENERAL
Citation, commencement and duration1.
(1)
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 and shall come into force on 30th November 1998.
(2)
These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 29th November 1999, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.
Interpretation2.
(1)
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–
“the Act” means the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“appropriate office” means an office, by whatever name it is from time to time known, of the Department for Education and Employment which is identified by reference to its name as at the date these Regulations come into force in one or more of the Schedules to these Regulations, and where such an office closes, the references in the Schedules to that office in relation to a person shall be construed as references to the office which that person is required to attend instead of that office;
“employment officer” means a person who is at any time an employment officer for the purposes of section 19 of the Act;
“employment-related course” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
“full-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
“gateway interview” means an interview with an employment officer to identify and discuss matters that could help a person find work and matters that are preventing him from finding work;
“part-time student” has the same meaning as in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations;
“week” means any period of 7 days.
(2)
In regulations 3 to 5, the references to receiving benefit for not less than the periods or, as the case may be, for less than the period, referred to in those regulations means receiving benefit–
(a)
without any period of interruption, or
(b)
with a period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days, or
(c)
with a number of periods of interruption, none of which exceeded 28 days,
and any period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days shall be taken into account in calculating the periods referred to in regulations 3 to 5.
(3)
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference
(a)
to a numbered regulation is to the regulation in these Regulations bearing that number;
(b)
in a regulation to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation bearing that number; and
(c)
to a numbered Schedule is to the Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number.
PART IITHE INTENSIVE ACTIVITY PERIOD OF THE NEW DEAL PILOTS FOR 25 PLUS
Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 12 months3.
This regulation shall apply to any person who–
(a)
on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 1 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and
(b)
on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 12 months.
Application: persons aged 25 and over in receipt of benefit for 18 months4.
This regulation shall apply to any person who–
(a)
on or after the date these Regulations come into force attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 2 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, and
(b)
on any day when he so attends is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of not less than 18 months.
Application: volunteers5.
This regulation shall apply to any person who–
(a)
on or after the date these Regulations come into force, attends an appropriate office listed in Schedule 3 pursuant to a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and when he so attends volunteers to attend a gateway interview,
(b)
on the day he so attends, is aged 25 or over but under pensionable age and has been receiving benefit for a period of less than 18 months, and
(c)
in respect of whom an employment officer agrees that he may be given a gateway interview.
Sanction6.
(1)
In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, “employment programme” in section 19 of the Act means, in addition to the programmes listed in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
(2)
This paragraph applies to any person to whom regulation 3, 4, or 5 applies and who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer advising him that if he fails to participate in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.
(3)
“(ii)
either–
(aa)
where the determination mentioned in (i) above does not relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5), or
(bb)
where the determination mentioned in (i) above relates to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) that relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and”.
Interpretation of section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations7.
In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies, “employment” in section 19 of the Act, except subsection (9), and in Part V of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations means employed earner’s employment other than employed earner’s employment in which a person is employed whilst participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus; and “employed earner” shall be construed accordingly.
Availability for employment8.
(1)
In relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies–
(a)
“, other than where he is a full-time student by virtue of undertaking an employment-related course as part of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus,”; and
(b)
if in any week in which he is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus he is as part of that programme undertaking as a full-time student or a part-time student an employment-related course for not less than three days in that week, he shall be treated as available for employment for that week.
(2)
In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.
Good Cause9.
Without prejudice to any other circumstances in which a person may be regarded as having good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) of the Act, and in addition to the circumstances listed in regulation 73 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies is to be regarded as having good cause for an act or omission in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for the purposes of section 19(5)(b) where he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks.
Payability of allowance10.
An income-based jobseeker’s allowance shall be payable to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies even though section 19 of the Act prevents payment of a jobseeker’s allowance to him if–
(a)
an allowance would not otherwise be payable because the circumstances in section 19(5)(c) of the Act apply in relation to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and
(b)
he has already participated in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus for one continuous period of 13 weeks or two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks,
and the applicable amount of a person to whom this regulation applies shall be the amount determined in accordance with regulation 83, 84, 85, 86, 145 or 148 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, as appropriate.
PART IIICONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS
Scope of Part III11.
(1)
Regulations 12 and 14 to 17 shall only apply in relation to a person to whom regulation 3, 4 or 5 applies in so far as those regulations relate to that person’s participation in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
(2)
Regulation 13 shall only apply in any week in which a person to whom reglation 3, 4 or 5 applies is participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
Definition of “training allowance”12.
(1)
The definition of “training allowance” in each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) (which are interpretation provisions) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if at the end there were added the words “nor does it include any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations”.
(2)
The regulations to which paragraph (1) refers are–
(a)
regulation 2(1) of the Council Tax Benefit Regulations;
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Remunerative work13.
(1)
“(j)
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations”.
(2)
“(l)
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations”.
(3)
“(5A)
A person shall not, for the purposes of these Regulations, be treated as engaged in remunerative work in any benefit week in which he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(4)
“(d)
he is participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
Notional Income14.
(1)
Regulation 105 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if–
(a)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (10)(a)(ii)”;
(b)
(i)
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (13A),”;
(ii)
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
(c)
“(13A)
Paragraph (13) shall not apply–
(a)
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the adjudication officer is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
(b)
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in–
(i)
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q); or
(ii)
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(2)
Regulation 42 of the Income Support Regulations (notional income) shall be modified in its application to persons to whom this Part applies as if–
(a)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (4)(a)(ii);”;
(b)
(i)
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (6A),”;
(ii)
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
(c)
“(6A)
Paragraph (6) shall not apply–
(a)
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the adjudication officer is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
(b)
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in–
(i)
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
(ii)
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(3)
(a)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);”;
(b)
in paragraph (5)–
(i)
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (5A),”;
(ii)
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
(c)
“(5A)
Paragraph (5) shall not apply–
(a)
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the adjudication officer is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
(b)
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in–
(i)
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
(ii)
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(4)
(a)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a);”;
(b)
in paragraph (4)–
(i)
at the beginning, there were inserted the words “Subject to paragraph (4A),”;
(ii)
the words from “; but this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph were omitted;
(c)
“(4A)
Paragraph (4) shall not apply–
(a)
to a claimant who is engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation or who is a volunteer if the adjudication officer is satisfied in any of those cases that it is reasonable for him to provide those services free of charge; or
(b)
in a case where the service is performed in connection with the claimant’s participation in–
(i)
an employment or training programme in accordance with regulation 19(1)(q) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or
(ii)
the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
Notional capital15.
(1)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a)(ii).”.
(2)
“(iv)
in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only to the extent that it is not used for a purpose specified in paragraph (3)(a).”.
(3)
The regulations to which paragraph (2) refers are–
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Income to be disregarded16.
(1)
“Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but this paragraph does not apply to any part of any allowance under section 2(2)(d) of the 1973 Act.
Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.”.
(2)
The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules for the purposes of paragraph (1) are–
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Capital to be disregarded17.
(1)
“Any child care expenses reimbursed to the claimant in respect of his participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.
Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations but only for a period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.
(2)
The respective paragraph numbers and Schedules specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) are–
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
Signed for the purposes of Parts I and II of these Regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment
Signed for the purposes of Part III of these Regulations on behalf of the Secretary of State for Social Security
SCHEDULE 1
Region | Pilot Areas | Appropriate Office |
|---|---|---|
London and South East | Bexley & Greenwich | Bexleyheath Jobcentre Eltham Jobcentre Erith Jobcentre Sidcup Jobcentre Woolwich Arsenal Jobcentre Woolwich Riverside Jobcentre |
Portsmouth & SE Hampshire | Portsmouth Central Jobcentre Portsmouth North Jobcentre | |
North West | West Lancashire | Ormskirk Jobcentre Skelmersdale Jobcentre |
Wigan | Ashton in Makerfield Jobcentre Atherton Jobcentre Hindley Jobcentre Leigh Jobcentre Wigan (Hallgate) Jobcentre Wigan (King Street) Jobcentre | |
Scotland | Fife | Cowdenbeath Jobcentre Dunfermline Jobcentre Leven Jobcentre |
Western Isles | Stornoway Jobcentre | |
South West | Exeter & East Devon | Axminster Jobcentre Exeter Jobcentre Exmouth Jobcentre Honiton Jobcentre Okehampton Jobcentre Sidmouth Jobcentre Tiverton Jobcentre |
Wales | West Wales | Ammanford Jobcentre Carmarthen Jobcentre Fishguard Jobcentre Garnant Jobcentre Haverfordwest Jobcentre Llanelli Jobcentre Llandeilo Jobcentre Milford Haven Jobcentre Neyland Jobcentre Pembroke Dock Jobcentre Tenby Jobcentre Tumble Jobcentre |
West Midlands | Solihull | Chelmsley Wood Jobcentre Solihull Jobcentre |
Yorkshire and Humberside | Sheffield | Bailey Court Jobcentre Hillsborough Jobcentre Rockingham Court Jobcentre Sheffield (Peel House) Jobcentre |
SCHEDULE 2
Region | Pilot Areas | Appropriate Office |
|---|---|---|
East Midlands and Eastern | Leicestershire | Coalville Jobcentre Hinckley Jobcentre Leicester (Aquis House) Jobcentre Leicester (Charles Street) Jobcentre Leicester (Eldon Street) Jobcentre Leicester (Highcross Street) Jobcentre Leicester (Highfields) Jobcentre Loughborough Jobcentre Lutterworth Jobcentre Market Harborough Jobcentre Melton Mowbray Jobcentre Oakham Jobcentre Wigston Jobcentre |
Suffolk and Waveney | Bury St. Edmunds Jobcentre Beccles Jobcentre Felixstowe Jobcentre Ipswich Jobcentre Leiston Jobcentre Lowestoft Jobcentre Stowmarket Jobcentre Sudbury Jobcentre Woodbridge Jobcentre | |
London and South East | Camden & North Islington | Camden Town Jobcentre Finsbury Park Jobcentre |
Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow & Richmond | Acton Jobcentre Chiswick Jobcentre Ealing Jobcentre Feltham Jobcentre Hayes Jobcentre Heathrow Jobcentre Hounslow Jobcentre Richmond & Twickenham Jobcentre Ruislip Jobcentre Southall Jobcentre Uxbridge Jobcentre | |
Hackney & City | Barnsbury Jobcentre Dalston Jobcentre Hackney Jobcentre Holborn Jobcentre Islington Jobcentre Shoreditch Jobcentre Victoria Park Jobcentre | |
North Essex | Braintree Jobcentre Chelmsford Jobcentre Clacton Jobcentre Colchester High St Jobcentre Colchester Southway Jobcentre Harwich Jobcentre Witham Jobcentre | |
Southampton & SW Hampshire | Eastleigh Jobcentre Hythe Jobcentre Lymington Jobcentre Romsey Jobcentre Southampton B Jobcentre Southampton C Jobcentre Woolston Jobcentre | |
Northern | Teesside (Tees North) | Billingham Jobcentre Hartlepool Jobcentre Stockton Jobcentre Thornaby Jobcentre |
Tyneside North | North Shields Jobcentre Wallsend Jobcentre West Moor Jobcentre Whitley Bay Jobcentre | |
Scotland | Forth Valley | Alloa Jobcentre Bo'ness Jobcentre Denny Jobcentre Falkirk Jobcentre Grangemouth Jobcentre Stirling Jobcentre |
Lanarkshire | Airdrie Jobcentre Cambuslang Jobcentre Cumbernauld Jobcentre East Kilbride Jobcentre Kilsyth Jobcentre Lanark Jobcentre Rutherglen Jobcentre Wishaw Jobcentre | |
South West | Bristol & South Gloucester | Bedminster Jobcentre Bishopsworth Jobcentre Bristol Central Jobcentre Broadweir Jobcentre Easton Jobcentre Filton Jobcentre Hartcliffe Jobcentre Kingswood Jobcentre Knowle Jobcentre Shirehampton Jobcentre Westbury-on-Trym Jobcentre Yate Jobcentre |
Cornwall | Bodmin Jobcentre Bude Jobcentre Camborne Jobcentre Hayle Jobcentre Helston Jobcentre Launceston Jobcentre Liskeard Jobcentre Looe Jobcentre Newquay Jobcentre Penryn & Falmouth Jobcentre Penzance Jobcentre Redruth Jobcentre St Austell Jobcentre St Ives Jobcentre Truro Jobcentre Wadebridge Jobcentre | |
Wales | Bridgend & Glamorgan Valleys | Aberdare Jobcentre Bridgend Jobcentre Ferndale Jobcentre Llantrisant Jobcentre Maesteg Jobcentre Mountain Ash Jobcentre Pontypridd Jobcentre Porth Jobcentre Porthcawl Jobcentre Pyle Jobcentre Tonypandy Jobcentre Tonyrefail Jobcentre Treorchy Jobcentre |
West Midlands | Coventry | Cheylesmore Jobcentre Park Court Jobcentre Tile Hill Jobcentre |
Hereford & Worcester | Bromsgrove Jobcentre Droitwich Jobcentre Evesham Jobcentre Hereford Jobcentre Kidderminster Jobcentre Ledbury Jobcentre Leominster Jobcentre Malvern Jobcentre Pershore Jobcentre Redditch Jobcentre Ross-on-Wye Jobcentre Stourport-on-Severn Jobcentre Worcester Jobcentre | |
Yorkshire and Humberside | Rotherham | Chapletown Jobcentre Dinnington Jobcentre Maltby Jobcentre Rotherham Jobcentre Woodhouse Jobcentre |
South Humber | Barton Jobcentre Goole Jobcentre Grimsby (Bridge House) Jobcentre Grimsby (Viking House) Jobcentre Immingham Jobcentre Scunthorpe (Bridge House) Jobcentre Scunthorpe (Station House) Jobcentre |
SCHEDULE 3
Region | Pilot Areas | Appropriate Office |
|---|---|---|
East Midlands and Eastern | Suffolk and Waveney | Bury St. Edmunds Jobcentre Beccles Jobcentre Felixstowe Jobcentre Ipswich Jobcentre Leiston Jobcentre Lowestoft Jobcentre Stowmarket Jobcentre Sudbury Jobcentre Woodbridge Jobcentre |
Northern | Teesside (Tees North) | Billingham Jobcentre Hartlepool Jobcentre Stockton Jobcentre Thornaby Jobcentre |
South West | Cornwall | Bodmin Jobcentre Bude Jobcentre Camborne Jobcentre Hayle Jobcentre Helston Jobcentre Launceston Jobcentre Liskeard Jobcentre Looe Jobcentre Newquay Jobcentre Penryn & Falmouth Jobcentre Penzance Jobcentre Redruth Jobcentre St Austell Jobcentre St Ives Jobcentre Truro Jobcentre Wadebridge Jobcentre |
West Midlands | Hereford & Worcester | Bromsgrove Jobcentre Droitwich Jobcentre Evesham Jobcentre Hereford Jobcentre Kidderminster Jobcentre Ledbury Jobcentre Leominster Jobcentre Malvern Jobcentre Pershore Jobcentre Redditch Jobcentre Ross-on-Wye Jobcentre Stourport-on-Severn Jobcentre Worcester Jobcentre |
These Regulations establish a pilot scheme under the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”). The scheme relates to persons who claim a jobseeker’s allowance and who fulfil the criteria in regulation 3, 4 or 5 as to age, the period over which they have been receiving benefit and the location of appropriate offices at which they are claiming benefit, as identified in one of the Schedules.
Regulation 6 has the effect that if such a person without good cause refuses or fails to participate in the employment programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, or loses his place on such a programme due to misconduct, he will receive a sanction under section 19 of the 1995 Act and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) (“the 1996 Regulations”). The effect of this will be a two week or four week loss or reduction in his jobseeker’s allowance.
Regulation 7 has the effect that a person participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus shall be liable only to the employment programme sanctions under section 19(5) of the 1995 Act, rather than the sanctions under section 19(6).
Regulation 8 treats as available for employment in any week a person participating in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus and who is on an employment-related course for not less than 3 days in that week. Regulation 8 also disapplies regulation 15(a) of the 1996 Regulations (circumstances in which a person is not to be regarded as available) where a person is participating in such a course.
Regulation 9 adds to the list of circumstances to be regarded as good cause for any act or omission for the purposes of section 19 of the 1995 Act.
Regulation 10 sets out circumstances in which an income-based jobseeker’s allowance is payable to a person even though section 19 of the 1995 Act would normally prevent it.
Part III of these Regulations makes various consequential amendments to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967), the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207), the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971), the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814), the Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1973) and the Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/2887) so as to enable participants in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus to continue to claim those benefits–
regulation 12 modifies the definition of “training allowance” which applies for the purposes of those benefits in relation to participants in the pilot scheme;
regulation 13 provides that participants in the pilot scheme shall not be treated as in remunerative work;
regulation 14 ensures that certain payments made to participants in the pilot scheme are not treated as either notional income or as notional earnings, and regulation 15 ensures that such payments are not treated as notional capital;
regulations 16 and 17 ensure that certain payments made to participants in the pilot scheme are disregarded as both income and capital.
These Regulations do not impose any charge on business.