1.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M1 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.E+W+S
(2) In regulation 23 (attendance) for the words “Secretary of State" there shall be substituted the words “ employment officer ”.
(3) In regulation 24 (provision of information and evidence), at the end there shall be added the following paragraph —
“(11) In this regulation, references to the “Secretary of State" include a reference to persons designated as employment officers by an Order made by the Secretary of State under section 8(3) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 M2.”.
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M2Section 8(3) was added by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30), Schedule 8, paragraph 29(3).