Introductory text

Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament, superseding the Draft Regulations of the same name which were laid before Parliament on 9th March 2004. They will be issued free of charge to all known recipients of the previous draft.

SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 2004

Coming into force 26th April 2004

[Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f1 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^f2.

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^f3 and sections 19(10) and 29(1) and (3) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f4, 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^f5, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1995 c. 18.
f2: See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.
f3: 1999 c. 30; subsection (9) is an interpretation provision cited for the meaning given to the words “employment” and “prescribed”.
f4: 1995 c. 18.
f5: 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 that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee.