The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 2001

Capital to be disregarded

13.  For paragraph 45 of Schedule 8 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(1), there shall be substituted the following—

“45.   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—

(a) the self-employment route;

(b) an employment-programme specified in—

(i) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(bb) (Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal); or

(ii) regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(cc) (Environment Task Force Option of the New Deal); or

(c) the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv) or in the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus,

• but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.

(1)

Paragraph 45 was substituted by S.I. 1998/1174.