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2005 No. 1125

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005

Made

6th April 2005

Coming into force

25th April 2005

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(1) and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Whereas these Regulations, so far as section 29(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 applies to them, are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work(2).

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 60(1), (2) and (9) and 83(4) and (6) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(3) and sections 19(10) and 29(1), (3) and (5) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and duration

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 25th April 2005.

(2) These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 24th April 2006 unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations—

“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999(5);

“claimant” means a claimant for a jobseeker’s allowance(6);

“employment officer” means an officer of the Secretary of State or such other person as may be designated for the purposes of sections 8 and 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by an order made by the Secretary of State;

“employment zone” means an area within Great Britain listed in the Schedule to these Regulations as an area designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 60 of the 1999 Act as an area wherein an employment zone programme subject to these Regulations is established;

“employment zone contractor” means a person who is providing an employment zone programme on behalf of the Secretary of State;

“employment zone programme” means a scheme which is designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment and which is established by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 60 of the 1999 Act for an employment zone;

“Employment Zones Regulations” means the Employment Zones Regulations 2000(7), the Employment Zones Regulations 2003(8) or the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004(9);

“New Deal for Young People ” means a programme provided in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(10) and specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii) or 75(1)(b)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(11).

Referral to an employment zone programme

3.—(1) An employment officer may, on a sampling basis, select a claimant who is aged 25 years or over and ordinarily resident within an employment zone to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor if, in the period immediately preceding the date on which the selection is made, the claimant—

(a)was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous period of at least 18 months;

(b)was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a cumulative total of at least 18 months out of the previous 21 months; or

(c)had participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations in the previous twelve months but did not complete the programme.

(2) An employment officer may, on a sampling basis, select a claimant who is aged 18 years or over but less than 25 years who is ordinarily resident within an employment zone to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor if, in the period immediately preceding the date on which the selection is made, the claimant—

(a)was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous period of at least six months after participating in a New Deal for Young People programme or an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations;

(b)was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a cumulative period of at least six months after participating in a New Deal for Young People programme or an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations provided that any breaks in that period of entitlement do not exceed a period of 28 days in total; or

(c)had participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations in the previous twelve months but did not complete the programme.

(3) The employment officer shall notify the claimant in writing that he is required to participate in the employment zone programme provided by that employment zone contractor.

Early entry to an employment zone programme

4.—(1) An employment officer may, on a sampling basis, select a claimant to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor provided that the claimant has asked to participate in an employment zone programme and—

(a)his personal circumstances place him at a significant disadvantage in obtaining employment; and

(b)he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is located within an employment zone.

(2) The employment officer shall notify the claimant in writing that he is required to participate in the employment zone programme provided by that employment zone contractor.

Stages of an employment zone programme

5.—(1) An employment zone programme shall consist of two stages—

(a)the first stage shall last for a maximum period of 28 days excluding public holidays;

(b)the second stage shall last for a maximum period of 26 weeks.

(2) A claimant begins to participate in the first stage of an employment zone programme on the day when he attends an initial interview with an employment officer who is an employment zone programme adviser following a written notification of his selection for participation given under regulation 3 or 4.

(3) A claimant shall cease to participate in the first stage on the day specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

(4) A claimant begins to participate in the second stage of an employment zone programme on the day specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

(5) A claimant shall cease to participate in the second stage on the day specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

(6) In this regulation “public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971(12) in any part of Great Britain.

Suspension of the requirements of the Jobseekers Act 1995

6.—(1) During the claimant’s participation in the first stage of an employment zone programme the condition for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance specified in section 1(2)(b) of the Jobseekers Act 1995(13) that the claimant has entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force is suspended.

(2) During the claimant’s participation in the second stage of an employment zone programme the conditions for receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance specified in section 1(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 shall apply with the suspension of the conditions in section 1(2)(a) to (c) of that Act that the claimant—

(a)is available for employment;

(b)has entered into a jobseeker’s agreement which remains in force; and

(c)is actively seeking employment.

Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996

7.—(1) In the case of a person who is selected on a sampling basis to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor under regulation 3 or 4, regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(14) shall apply with the addition of the words “, or the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005” after the words “the Employment Zones Regulations 2003”.

(2) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a person to whom paragraph (1) would otherwise apply is no longer ordinarily resident within an employment zone or, in the case of a person to whom regulation 4 applies, his address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is no longer within an employment zone, then—

(a)any sanction incurred by that person under sections 19 or 20A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 as a result of his refusing or failing to participate in, or giving up a place on an employment zone programme as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 as amended by paragraph (1) shall end and, subject to sub-paragraph (b), these Regulations shall cease to apply to that person; and

(b)where that person asks to complete an employment zone programme in which he is participating, these Regulations, other than paragraph (1) of this regulation, shall continue to apply.

Transitional Arrangements

8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), regulations 5 to 7 of these Regulations shall apply to a claimant who was selected to participate in an employment zone programme under regulation 3 or 4 of the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004(15) before the 25th April 2005 but did not complete the programme before those Regulations expired.

(2) A claimant to whom paragraph (1) applies shall be treated as completing so much of an employment zone programme for the purposes of regulations 5 and 6 of these Regulations as is equal to the period of his participation in the employment zone programme subject to the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Chris Pond

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

6th April 2005

Regulation 2

SCHEDULEAREAS DESIGNATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

The Birmingham Employment Zone

1.  The area designated as the Birmingham Employment Zone consists of:

the following wards within the City of Birmingham:

Acocks Green, Bordesley Green, Edgbaston, Handsworth Wood, Harborne, Hodge Hill, Kingstanding, Nechells, Oscott, Perry Barr, Quinton, Shard End, Sheldon, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North, Stockland Green, Tyburn, Washwood Heath;

the ward of Aston except the following postcodes:

B4 6HAB4 6HJB4 6HWB4 6LEB4 6LJB4 6NU
B4 7BAB4 7BBB4 7DSB6 4EHB6 4EPB6 4ES
B6 4EXB6 4EYB6 4HAB6 4HGB6 4HLB6 4HN
B6 4HPB6 4HTB6 4HUB6 4HZB6 4JBB6 4LA
B6 4LDB6 4LHB6 4NGB6 4NQB6 4NTB6 4QZ
B6 4RGB6 4SPB18 5ANB18 5ARB19 2JXB19 2JY
B19 2LAB19 2LFB19 2NHB19 2NLB19 2NNB19 2NP
B19 2NSB19 2NTB19 2NUB19 2NXB19 2NYB19 2NZ
B19 2PAB19 2PBB19 2PXB19 2PYB19 2QAB19 2QB
B19 2QDB19 2QEB19 2QGB19 2QHB19 2QJB19 2RT
B19 2SAB19 2SBB19 2SFB19 2SGB19 2SHB19 2SJ
B19 2SQB19 2SSB19 2SWB19 2TXB19 2TYB19 2TZ
B19 2UAB19 2UEB19 2UFB19 2UGB19 2UYB19 2UZ
B19 2WBB19 2XAB19 2XBB19 2XDB19 2XFB19 2XH
B19 2XJB19 2XLB19 2XNB19 2XRB19 2XSB19 2XT
B19 2XUB19 2YDB19 2YFB19 2YHB19 2YPB19 2YR
B19 2YTB19 2YUB19 2YXB19 2ZRB19 3AEB19 3AG
B19 3AHB19 3APB19 3ASB19 3AUB19 3AXB19 3AY
B19 3AZB19 3BAB19 3BBB19 3BLB19 3BNB19 3BP
B19 3BSB19 3BTB19 3BUB19 3BWB19 3BXB19 3BY
B19 3BZB19 3DAB19 3ESB19 3HDB19 3HEB19 3HF
B19 3HHB19 3HJB19 3HLB19 3HNB19 3HPB19 3HS
B19 3HTB19 3HUB19 3JAB19 3JBB19 3JGB19 3JH
B19 3JJB19 3JLB19 3JNB19 3JXB19 3JYB19 3LA
B19 3LBB19 3LEB19 3LGB19 3LNB19 3LRB19 3LS
B19 3LUB19 3LXB19 3NBB19 3NDB19 3NEB19 3NF
B19 3NGB19 3NHB19 3NLB19 3NPB19 3NRB19 3NS
B19 3NTB19 3NXB19 3NYB19 3NZB19 3PAB19 3PB
B19 3PDB19 3PEB19 3PLB19 3PNB19 3PSB19 3PT
B19 3PUB19 3PYB19 3QAB19 3QDB19 3QEB19 3QG
B19 3QHB19 3QLB19 3QNB19 3QPB19 3QSB19 3QU
B19 3QYB19 3QZB19 3RDB19 3RGB19 3RHB19 3RL
B19 3RRB19 3RSB19 3RZB19 3SBB19 3SDB19 3SH
B19 3SLB19 3SNB19 3SPB19 3STB19 3SUB19 3TA
B19 3TDB19 3TEB19 3TGB19 3THB19 3TLB19 3TN
B19 3TSB19 3TZB19 3UAB19 3UBB19 3UDB19 3UJ
B19 3ULB19 3UNB19 3UPB19 3URB19 3UWB19 3UY
B19 3XAB19 3XBB19 3XDB19 3XEB19 3XFB19 3XG
B19 3XHB19 3XJB19 3XLB19 3XPB19 3XQB19 3XR
B19 3XUB19 3YS

the ward of Bartley Green except the following postcodes:

B29 4HDB29 4HEB29 5RNB29 5RPB29 5RRB29 5RS
B29 5RTB29 5RUB29 5TYB29 5UAB29 5UFB29 5UG
B29 5UTB29 5UWB29 5UYB29 5XAB29 5XBB29 5XD
B29 5XEB29 5XGB29 5XPB29 5XRB29 5XSB29 5XY
B29 5XZB29 5ZEB31 1DEB31 1DFB31 1DRB31 1DS
B31 1DTB31 1DWB31 1DXB31 1DZB31 1EFB31 1EP
B31 1ERB31 1ESB31 1ETB31 1EUB31 1EWB31 1EX
B31 1EYB31 1EZB31 1HAB31 1HBB31 1HDB31 1HF
B31 1HGB31 1HYB31 1PNB31 1TTB32 3DUB32 3DX
B32 3DYB32 3DZB32 3EAB32 3XL

the ward of Ladywood except the following postcodes:

B3 1AGB3 1AHB3 1AJB3 1ALB3 1AQB3 1HA
B3 1HLB3 1HNB3 1QTB3 1RBB3 1RJB3 1RL
B4 6BAB4 6HEB4 6TAB18 5JNB19 3JTB19 3LY
B19 3LZB19 3RQB19 3RTB19 3RYB19 3SF

the ward of Lozells and East Handsworth except the following postcodes:

B19 1DPB19 1DS

the ward of Soho except the following postcodes:

B18 5AQB18 5ASB18 5ATB18 5AUB18 5AYB18 5BA
B18 5BBB18 5BEB18 5BJB18 5BLB18 5BPB18 5DJ
B18 5HBB18 5HSB18 5JHB18 5LTB18 5LUB18 5NL
B18 5PHB18 5PJB18 5PLB18 5PNB18 5PWB18 5PZ
B18 5QBB18 5QDB18 5QGB18 5QHB18 5QJB18 5QL
B18 5QNB18 5QPB18 5QQB18 5QRB18 5QSB18 5QT
B18 5QUB18 5QXB18 5QYB18 5QZB18 5RBB18 5RD
B18 5RHB18 5RJB18 5RLB18 5RPB18 5RRB18 5RT
B18 5RUB18 5RWB18 5RXB18 5RYB18 5SDB18 6PP
B18 7RP

the ward of Sparkbrook except the following postcodes:

B12 9LXB12 9LYB12 9LZB12 9NAB12 9NBB12 9ND
B12 9NEB12 9NGB12 9NHB12 9NJB12 9NLB12 9NN
B12 9NQB12 9NRB12 9NSB12 9NTB12 9NUB12 9NW
B12 9NXB12 9PEB12 9PGB12 9PHB12 9PLB12 9PN
B12 9PQB12 9PRB12 9PSB12 9PTB12 9PUB12 9PW
B12 9PXB12 9PYB12 9QAB12 9QBB12 9QDB12 9QE
B12 9QFB12 9RNB12 9RPB12 9RRB12 9RSB12 9RW
B12 9SEB12 9ZA

the ward of Springfield except the following postcodes:

B13 0AGB13 0AHB13 0AJB13 0ALB13 0ANB13 0AP
B13 0AQB13 0ARB13 0ASB13 0ATB13 0AUB13 0AW
B13 0AXB13 0AYB13 0BAB13 0BBB13 0BGB13 0BH
B13 0BJB13 0BLB13 0BNB13 0TAB13 0TBB13 0TF
B13 0TGB13 0THB13 0TJB13 0TQB13 0TTB13 0TU
B13 0TXB13 0TYB13 0UAB13 0UBB13 9JNB13 9JP
B13 9JQB13 9JRB13 9JSB13 9JWB13 9JXB13 9LE
B13 9LFB13 9LGB13 9LQB13 9LSB13 9LTB13 9LU
B13 9LXB13 9LYB13 9LZB13 9NAB13 9NDB13 9NG
B13 9NHB13 9NJB13 9NLB13 9NNB13 9NRB13 9NS
B13 9NTB13 9NUB13 9NXB13 9PXB13 9PYB13 9PZ
B13 9QDB13 9QEB13 9QFB13 9QGB13 9QHB13 9QJ
B13 9QLB13 9QNB13 9QPB13 9QRB13 9QWB13 9XA
B13 9XBB13 9XDB13 9XEB13 9XGB13 9XHB13 9XJ
B13 9XLB13 9YDB13 9YEB13 9YFB13 9YPB13 9YQ
B13 9YRB13 9YS

the following postcodes within the ward of Moseley and Kings Heath:

B12 8QDB12 9AAB13 8ATB13 8AYB13 8AZB13 8BA
B13 8BBB13 8BDB13 8BEB13 8BHB13 8BJB13 8BL
B13 8BNB13 8BQB13 8BSB13 8BTB13 8BUB13 8BW
B13 8BXB13 8DGB13 8DQB13 8EDB13 8EEB13 8EF
B13 8EGB13 8EHB13 8EJB13 8ELB13 8ENB13 8HR
B13 8HSB13 8HTB13 8HWB13 9AAB13 9ABB13 9AD
B13 9AEB13 9AFB13 9AGB13 9AHB13 9AJB13 9AN
B13 9APB13 9ARB13 9ASB13 9AUB13 9AWB13 9AX
B13 9AYB13 9BAB13 9BEB13 9BNB13 9BPB13 9BS
B13 9BTB13 9BUB13 9BXB13 9BYB13 9BZB13 9DA
B13 9DBB13 9DEB13 9DFB13 9DHB13 9DLB13 9DN
B13 9DPB13 9DQB13 9DSB13 9DTB13 9DUB13 9DX
B13 9DYB13 9DZB13 9EAB13 9EBB13 9EDB13 9EX
B13 9FEB13 9FFB13 9HBB13 9HDB13 9HEB13 9HF
B13 9HHB13 9HJB13 9HLB13 9HNB13 9HPB13 9HR
B13 9HSB13 9HTB13 9HUB13 9JFB13 9JGB13 9JT
B13 9XNB13 9XPB13 9XRB13 9XSB13 9XTB13 9XU
B13 9XWB13 9XXB13 9XYB13 9XZB13 9YAB13 9YB
B13 9YJB13 9YLB13 9YNB13 9YW

the following postcodes within the ward of Selly Oak:

B29 5SLB29 6SSB29 6STB29 6SUB29 6SXB29 6SY
B29 6TAB29 6TBB29 6TDB29 6TEB29 6TFB29 6TG
B29 6TRB29 6TS

The Brent and Haringey Employment Zone

2.  The area designated as the Brent and Haringey Employment Zone consists of:

all the wards within the London Borough of Brent;

all the wards within the London Borough of Haringey;

the following areas within the London Borough of Camden:those areas within the wards of Fortune Green, West Hampstead, and Kilburn with a postcode beginning NW6;

the following areas within the London Borough of Westminster:

those areas within the wards of Queen’s Park, Harrow Road, Maida Vale, Little Venice, Abbey Road, and Westbourne with a postcode beginning NW6, W9 2 or W9 3.

The Glasgow Employment Zone

3.  The area designated as the Glasgow Employment Zone consists of all the wards within Glasgow City except the following postcodes:

G5 0BLG5 0BNG5 0BWG5 0DLG5 0DNG5 0DW
G5 0JDG5 0JPG5 0JRG5 0JSG5 0JWG5 0LA
G5 0LTG5 0LUG5 0NAG5 0NDG5 0NEG5 0NF
G5 0NGG5 0NHG5 0NJG5 0NLG5 0NNG5 0NP
G5 0NQG5 0NRG5 0NSG5 0NTG5 0NUG5 0NW
G5 0NYG5 0NZG5 0PAG5 0PBG5 0PDG5 0PH
G5 0PJG5 0PLG5 0PNG5 0PPG5 0PQG5 0PR
G5 0PSG5 0PUG5 0PWG5 0PXG5 0PYG5 0PZ
G5 0QAG5 0QBG5 0QDG5 0QEG5 0QFG5 0QH
G5 0QJG5 0QWG5 0RBG5 0RGG5 0RLG5 0RQ
G5 0SBG5 0SDG5 0SEG5 0SFG5 0YLG5 0YP
G5 0YTG5 0YUG5 0YXG5 0YZG5 9APG5 9AS
G5 9ATG5 9AUG5 9BPG5 9BSG5 9BTG5 9BU
G5 9BWG5 9BXG5 9BYG5 9BZG5 9DBG5 9DS
G5 9DWG5 9EJG5 9EPG5 9ERG5 9EWG5 9JE
G5 9JFG5 9JHG5 9JJG5 9JLG5 9LQG5 9NE
G5 9NFG5 9NHG5 9NLG5 9NRG5 9NSG5 9NT
G5 9NZG5 9PAG5 9PBG5 9PDG5 9PEG5 9PF
G5 9PSG5 9QAG5 9QBG5 9QHG5 9QJG5 9QQ
G5 9QSG5 9QXG5 9QZG5 9RBG5 9TAG5 9TS
G5 9TTG5 9TWG5 9XAG5 9XBG5 9ZRG31 1JX
G31 1JYG31 1JZG31 1LBG31 1LLG31 1LQG31 1LR
G31 1LZG31 1NPG31 1NQG31 1NYG31 1NZG31 1PD
G31 1PGG31 1PJG31 1PQG31 3SXG31 3SYG31 3SZ
G31 3THG31 3TJG31 3TLG31 3TNG31 3TWG31 4BH
G31 4BNG31 4BTG31 4DJG31 4DNG31 4DRG31 4DS
G31 4DXG31 4EBG31 4EGG31 4EHG31 4ELG31 4EQ
G31 4EUG31 4EXG31 4HBG31 4HEG31 4HGG31 4HL
G31 4HRG31 4HUG31 4HXG31 4HZG31 4JUG31 4JX
G31 4JYG31 4JZG31 4LAG31 4LDG31 4LHG31 4LS
G31 4LTG31 4LUG31 4LXG31 4LYG31 4LZG31 4NA
G31 4NBG31 4NDG31 4NEG31 4NFG31 4NGG31 4NH
G31 4NJG31 4NLG31 4NNG31 4NPG31 4NQG31 4NT
G31 4NWG31 4PEG31 4PJG31 4PLG31 4PNG31 4PP
G31 4PRG31 4PSG31 4PTG31 4PWG31 4QZG31 4ST
G31 4SZG31 4TAG31 4TBG31 4TFG31 4TLG31 4TP
G31 4TRG31 4TSG31 4UGG31 4UHG31 4UNG31 4UR
G31 4UTG31 4UWG31 4UXG31 4UYG31 4UZG31 4XA
G31 4XBG31 4XDG31 5ADG31 5AEG31 5AFG31 5AL
G31 5ARG31 5ASG31 5BAG31 5BHG31 5BJG31 5BL
G31 5BNG31 5BSG31 5BTG31 5BUG31 5BWG31 5BY
G31 5DAG31 5DBG31 5DDG31 5DEG31 5DFG31 5DG
G31 5EHG31 5ELG31 5ESG31 5ETG31 5EUG31 5EW
G31 5EXG31 5EYG31 5HBG31 5HDG31 5HEG31 5HH
G31 5HJG31 5HNG31 5HPG31 5HWG31 5JLG31 5JS
G31 5JTG31 5JXG31 5LAG31 5LBG31 5LDG31 5LF
G31 5LGG31 5LLG31 5LNG31 5LPG31 5LQG31 5LR
G31 5LSG31 5LTG31 5LUG31 5LWG31 5NAG31 5NG
G31 5NJG31 5NRG31 5NUG31 5NWG31 5NXG31 5NZ
G31 5PNG31 5PZG31 5QGG31 5QYG31 5RAG31 5RB
G32 6BWG32 6BXG32 6DGG32 6DHG32 6DJG32 6DQ
G32 6DRG32 6DSG32 6EHG32 6EJG32 6ELG32 6EN
G32 6EPG32 6EQG32 6ERG32 6ESG32 6ETG32 6EW
G32 7EAG40 3HWG41 1PSG41 1PTG41 1PUG41 1PX
G41 1PYG41 1PZG41 1QBG41 1RBG41 1RDG41 1RL
G41 1TLG42 7ARG42 7ASG42 7ATG42 7AYG42 7BE
G42 7BH

The Liverpool and Sefton Employment Zone

4.  The area designated as the Liverpool and Sefton Employment Zone consists of:

all the wards within the City of Liverpool;

the following wards within the Borough of Sefton:

Church, Derby, Ford, Linacre, Litherland, Netherton and Orrell, St Oswald;the ward of Victoria except the following postcodes:

L23 2RAL23 2RBL23 2RDL23 2REL23 2RJL23 2RL
L23 2RNL23 2RPL23 2RRL23 2RSL23 2RTL23 2RU
L23 2RYL23 2RZL23 2UFL23 2ULL23 2UPL23 2UQ
L23 2URL23 2USL23 2UTL23 2UUL23 2UXL23 2UY
L23 2UZL23 2WZL23 2XAL23 2XHL23 2XNL23 9TD
L23 9THL23 9TJ

the following postcodes within the ward of Manor:

L23 0SGL23 0SNL23 0SQL23 0TFL23 0THL23 9SR
L30 0RGL30 0RL

The Southwark Employment Zone

5.  The area designated as the Southwark Employment Zone consists of:

all the wards within the London Borough of Southwark;

the following area within the London Borough of Lewisham:

the area within the ward of Evelyn with the postcode SE8 5EQ.

The Tower Hamlets and Newham Employment Zone

6.  The area designated as the Tower Hamlets and Newham Employment Zone consists of:all the wards within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets except the following postcodes:

E3 3QPE3 3QRE3 3REE3 3RJE3 3RNE3 3RP
E3 3RRE3 3RSE3 3RTE3 3RUE3 3RXE3 3RZ
E3 4AXE14 0BDE14 0EAE14 0EBE14 0EDE14 0EG
E14 0HHE14 0HPE14 0NNE14 0NPE14 0NSE14 0NT
E14 0NUE14 0NXE14 0NYE14 0PDE14 0PEE14 0PF
E14 0PGE14 0PJE14 0PQE14 0QAE14 0QBE14 0QD
E14 0QRE14 0QSE14 0QTE14 0QUE14 0QXE14 0QY
E14 0SFE14 0SHE14 0UFE14 0UGE14 0UQE14 0UW
E14 0WBE14 3FGE14 3WSE14 3WUE14 3WXE14 3WY
E14 3XEE14 3XFE14 3XQE14 3XRE14 3XSE14 3XW
E14 3YBE14 3YEE14 3YFE14 3YGE14 3YRE14 3YT
E14 3YUE14 3YXE14 3YZE14 3ZHE14 4ARE14 4HZ
E14 4UBE14 4UEE14 4WAE14 4WJE14 4WQE14 5BA
E14 5BEE14 5BNE14 5BWE14 5BYE14 5FBE14 5FE
E14 5FFE14 5FGE14 5FHE14 5FLE14 5FPE14 5FQ
E14 5FRE14 5FTE14 5FXE14 5FZE14 5UUE14 5UX
E14 5UYE14 5WAE14 5WLE14 5WPE14 5XFE14 5XL
E14 6ABE14 6ADE14 6AEE14 6AHE14 6AJE14 6AL
E14 6ANE14 6APE14 6AQE14 6ARE14 6ASE14 6AT
E14 6AUE14 6AWE14 6AYE14 6BAE14 6BEE14 6BG
E14 6BHE14 6BLE14 6BNE14 6BPE14 6BQE14 6BS
E14 6BTE14 6BUE14 6BWE14 6BXE14 6BZE14 6DA
E14 6DBE14 6DEE14 6DFE14 6DGE14 6DHE14 6DJ
E14 6DLE14 6DNE14 6DPE14 6DRE14 6DTE14 6DU
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the following wards within the London Borough of Newham:

Royal Docks, Stratford and New Town, Forest Gate North, Forest Gate South, Green Street West, West Ham, Plaistow North, Plaistow South, Canning Town North, Canning Town South, Custom House.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for a pilot scheme for jobseeker’s allowance claimants who fulfil the criteria in regulation 3 or 4 and are selected to participate in a compulsory employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. The six areas of Great Britain designated as employment zones for the purpose of these Regulations are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Regulation 1 provides for citation and for the Regulations to come into force on 25th April 2005. The Regulations will expire on 24th April 2006 unless revoked earlier.

Regulation 2 defines terms used in the Regulations.

Regulation 3 specifies those people who may be selected by an employment officer to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. Subject to certain conditions, these are jobseeker’s allowance claimants who live within an area designated as an employment zone and listed in the Schedule.

Regulation 4 makes provision for certain jobseeker’s allowance claimants who are at a significant disadvantage in the labour market to apply voluntarily to an employment officer for selection to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor.

Regulation 5 sets out the two stages and maximum duration of an employment zone programme.

Regulation 6 makes provision for certain conditions for entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance relating to availability for work, a jobseeker’s agreement and actively seeking work to be suspended whilst people are participating in an employment zone programme.

Regulation 7(1) provides that regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) shall apply to people selected on a sampling basis to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular contractor in accordance with these Regulations. The effect is to enable a sanction to be imposed under section 19 or 20A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 if a person without good cause refuses or fails to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that such a person is no longer ordinarily resident in, or his address for payment is no longer in, an employment zone paragraph (2) provides that if a sanction has been incurred it shall end and the Regulations shall cease to apply except where a person who has already begun an employment zone programme requests to be allowed to complete that programme.

Regulation 8 enables a person who was selected for an employment zone programme under the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/934) before 25th April 2005 to complete the programme under these Regulations.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it has no impact on the costs of business.

(2)

See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.

(3)

1999 c. 30; subsection (9) is an interpretation provision cited for the meaning given to the words “employment” and “prescribed”.

(4)

See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 84(1) of and Schedule 12 Part II (paragraphs 79 and 81(a)) to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 added section 60 of that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.

(6)

Jobseeker’s allowance is a social security benefit paid in accordance with the provisions of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) as amended.

(7)

S.I. 2000/721; these Regulations were revoked, with savings, by S.I.2003/2438 (as amended by S.I. 2004/1043) as from 26th. April 2004.

(8)

S.I. 2003/2438 as amended by S.I. 2004/1043.

(9)

S.I. 2004/934.

(10)

1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).

(11)

S.I. 1996/207.

(13)

1995 c. 18, subsection (2) was amended by section 59 of and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30).

(14)

S.I. 1996/207. The definition of an employment zone in regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 was inserted by regulation 6 of the Employment Zones Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2438).

(15)

S.I. 2004/934.

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