2000 No. 721
The Employment Zones Regulations 2000
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
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.
Commencement and citation1
These regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on the 3rd of April 2000.
Interpretation2
In these regulations–
“the Act" means the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“an action plan" means a plan setting out the action which a claimant will take with a view to securing employment or improving his prospects of securing employment;
“an employment zone" means an area within Great Britain designated by these regulations for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and “an employment zone programme" means a programme established for such an area or areas designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment;
“an initial interview" means an interview with an employment officer following notice sent to the claimant to attend for the purpose of initiating participation in an employment zone programme.
Areas designated as employment zones3
Meaning of employment4
For the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 “employment" means employment whether under a contract of service or a contract of apprenticeship, or under a contract for services, or otherwise than under a contract, and includes in particular self employment and the holding of an office.
Eligibility for participation in an employment zone programme5
A claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance is eligible to participate in an employment zone programme if he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone on the day when notice to attend an initial interview is sent to him pursuant to regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M4.
The first stage6
A claimant begins to participate in the first stage of an employment zone programme on the day when he attends an initial interview and ceases to participate on such day as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing.
Modifications to the provisions of the Act which apply to claimants during the first stage7
In relation to a claimant participating in the first stage of an employment zone programme the requirements for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance set out in subsection 1(2) of the Act are modified by the suspension of the requirement for the claimant to have entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force.
The Second Stage8
A Claimant begins to participate in the second stage of an employment zone programme on such date as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing and ceases to participate on such date as may be specified by an employment officer by notice to the claimant in writing.
Modifications to the provisions of the Act which apply to claimants during the second stage9
In relation to a claimant participating in the second stage of an employment zone programme the requirements for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance set out in subsection 1(2) of the Act are modified by the suspension of the requirements for the claimant–
a
to be available for employment,
b
to have entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force, and
c
to be actively seeking employment.
Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199610
1
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following paragraph of this regulation.
2
At the end of regulation 75(1)(a) (interpretation) there shall be inserted the word “and" followed by the following sub-paragraph
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an employment zone programme, being a programme established for one or more areas designated pursuant to section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and subject to the Employment Zones Regulations 2000
F1SCHEDULE
Sch. substituted (5.6.2000) by The Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1279), reg. 1, Sch.
Words in Sch. added (26.2.2001) by Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/261), regs. 1, 2(a)
Words in Sch. added (13.8.2001) by The Employment Zones (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2521), regs. 1, 2(a)
Words in Sch. added (26.2.2001) by Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/261), regs. 1, 2(b)
Words inserted in Sch. by reg. 2 of S.I. 2001/1865 as from 2.7.01.
Words inserted in Sch. by reg. 2 of S.I. 2001/1865 as from 2.7.01.
Words in Sch. substituted (5.6.2000) by The Employment Zones (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1305), regs. 1, 2
Words in Sch. added (13.8.2001) by The Employment Zones (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/2521), regs. 1, 2(b)
Employment Zone | districts, London boroughs, counties and county boroughs |
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Birmingham | The metropolitan district of Birmingham. |
Brent | The London borough of Brent F5 the London borough of Barnet, the London borough of Camden and the City of Westminster |
Brighton and Hove | The non-metropolitan district of Brighton and the non-metropolitan district of Hove F10and the district of Adur. |
Doncaster | The metropolitan district of Doncaster F6and the metropolitan district of RotherhamF7and the non-metropolitan district of Bassetlaw. |
Glasgow | The metropolitan district of Glasgow. |
Haringey | The London borough of Haringey. |
Liverpool and Sefton | The metropolitan district of Liverpool and the metropolitan district of Sefton. |
F8Heads of the Valleys and Caerphilly | The county borough of Blaenau Gwent, the county borough of Caerphilly, the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil and the county borough of Torfaen |
Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland | The non-metropolitan district of Middlesbrough and the non-metropolitan district of Redcar and Cleveland. |
Newham | The London borough of Newham. |
North West Wales | The county borough of Conwy, the county of Denbighshire, the county of Anglesey, the county borough of Wrexham and the county of F2Gwynedd. |
Nottingham | The non-metropolitan district of Nottingham. |
Plymouth | The non-metropolitan district of Plymouth F9and the districts of Caradon, South Hams and West Devon |
Southwark | The London borough of Southwark. |
Tower Hamlets | The London borough of Tower Hamlets. |
Regulations revoked by S.I. 2003/2438, art. 8 (as inserted (26.4.2004) by Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1043), regs. 1, 2(f))