This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2000/1279 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of both that Statutory Instrument and S.I. 2000/721.
2000 No. 1305
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Employment Zones (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000
Made 11th May 2000
Laid before Parliament 12th May 2000
Coming into force 5th June 2000

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 hereby makes the following Regulations:
1999 c. 30.
These regulations are made within 6 months of the coming into force of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and accordingly, by reason of section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (1992 c. 5), reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee by the Secretary of State of his proposal to make the regulations is not required notwithstanding the provisions contained in Sections 170 and 172 of that Act, as amended by paragraph 81(a) of Schedule 12 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.

1 Commencement and citation
These regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on the 5th June 2000.

2 Amendment of the Employment Zones Regulations 2000
The schedule to the Employment Zones Regulations 2000 shall be amended by the substitution of the word “Gwynedd” for the words “ Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire”.
S.I. 2000/721; a relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/1279.
Tessa Jowell Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment 11th May 2000

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These regulations amend the name of one of the counties in the schedule to the Employment Zones Regulations (as substituted by the Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2000). The county was given the name of “Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire” by Schedule 4 to the Local Government Act 1972 (as substituted by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994) but the county subsequently passed a resolution pursuant to section 74 of the Local Government Act 1972 to change its name to “Gwynedd”. The original name was included in the schedule by error.