6.—(1) In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, “employment programme” in section 19 of the Act means, in addition to the programmes listed in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
(2) This paragraph applies to any person to whom regulation 3, 4, or 5 applies and who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer advising him that if he fails to participate in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.
(3) In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, the prescribed period for the purposes of section 19(2) of the Act shall begin on the first day of the week following the date on which a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the person and shall be—
(a)two weeks in any case which does not fall within sub-paragraph (b) below;
(b)four weeks in any case in which on a previous occasion a jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) of the Act that relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus and the first date on which a jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to him as a result of that determination falls within the period of 12 months preceding the date of the determination mentioned in (3) above.
(4) In this regulation, “week” has the same meaning as “benefit week” in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations.