The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000

Self-employment route of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus

18.—(1) Both regulation 102A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations and regulation 39A of the Income Support Regulations(1) (which relate to participants in the self-employment route of the Employment Option of the New Deal) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if—

(a)regulation 102A and regulation 39A were renumbered regulation 102A(1) and regulation 39A(1) respectively;

(b)for the definition of “self-employment route” in the renumbered paragraph (1) there was substituted the following definition—

““self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;”;

(c)after the renumbered paragraph (1), there was added the following paragraph—

“(2) For the purposes of this Chapter, the last day upon which assistance is received under the self-employment route shall be the day—

(a)upon which there is at least £2,000 in the participant’s special account;

(b)which is 26 weeks after the day upon which the participant first received such assistance; or

(c)which is the last day upon which the participant received such assistance,

whichever shall first occur.”.

(2) The provisions specified in paragraph (3) shall be modified in their application to persons to whom this Part applies as if for the references to a person receiving, or having received, assistance under an employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa)(ii) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(2), there were substituted references to a person receiving or, as the case may be, having received, assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 2000 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations.

(3) The provisions to which paragraph (2) refers are—

(a)in the Council Tax Benefit Regulations, regulation 31(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraph 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;

(b)in the Disability Working Allowance Regulations, regulation 34(7), paragraph 59 of Schedule 3 and paragraphs 6 and 53 of Schedule 4;

(c)in the Family Credit Regulations, regulation 31(7), paragraph 61 of Schedule 2 and paragraphs 6 and 54 of Schedule 3;

(d)in the Housing Benefit Regulations, regulation 40(7), paragraph 66 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 7 and 55 of Schedule 5;

(e)in the Income Support Regulations, paragraph 64 of Schedule 9 and paragraphs 6 and 52 of Schedule 10;

(f)in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, paragraph 62 of Schedule 7 and paragraphs 11 and 47 of Schedule 8.