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Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Social security

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Coming into force 24th April 2006

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 60(1) to (3) and (9) and 83(4), (6) and (9) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999^f1 and sections 19(10)(c), 29(1), (3) and (5) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f2.

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^f3.

The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it^f4.

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

Accordingly the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1: 1999 c.30; subsection (9) is an interpretation provision cited for the meaning given to the words “employment” and “prescribed”.
f2: 1995 c.18.
f3: See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.
f4: See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 41(4) of and Schedule 2 (paragraph 67(a)) to the Jobseekers Act 1995 inserted the provisions of the Jobseekers Act 1995 into the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee; 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 that list.