Interpretation

4.  In regulation 2 of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations and regulation 2(1) of the Family Credit Regulations—

(a) after the definition of “premises”(1) insert the following definition—

““Preparation for Employment for 50 plus” means the programme known by that name and provided in pursuance of arrangements made under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950(2), being a programme lasting for up to 52 weeks for any one individual aged 50 years or over on the day that he or she first joined any such programme, and consisting for that individual of any one or more of the following elements, namely assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment, education and training, work experience, assistance with job search, motivation and skills training;”;

(b) after the definition of “net profit” insert the following definition—

““New Deal option” means any of the employment programmes specified in regulation 75(1)(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(3) and the training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of those Regulations;”;

(c) after the definition of “self-employed earner” insert the following definition—

• ““self-employment route” means—

  (a)

  that part of the Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(i)(bb) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; or

  (b)

  assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment while participating in—

  (i)

  the Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996; or

  (ii)

  the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus;”.

(1)

Definition inserted into the Family Credit Regulations by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 1988 No. 131.

(2)

1950 c. 29; section 1 was amended by Article 3 of the Employment and Training (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/1087 (N.I. 10)) and Article 5 of the Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1200 (N.I. 8)).

(3)

S.R. 1996 No. 198. Regulation 75 was substituted by regulation 8 of S.R. 1997 No. 541, and the substituted regulation was amended by S.R. 1998 No. 182 and 198, S.R. 2000 No. 197 and S.R. 2001 No. 151.