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.

Social Security

Made April 2010

Coming into force 26th April 2010

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 19(8)(b) and (10)(c), 20A(9), 29, 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995^f1.

These Regulations 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, make it more likely that persons will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so^f2.

The Secretary of State referred the proposals for these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee^f3.

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.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1995 c. 18. Section 20A was inserted by paragraphs 1 and 13 of Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). Section 29 was amended by section 28(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24). Sections 35(1) and 36(4) were amended by paragraphs 62 and 63 respectively of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning it gives to the word “prescribed”.
f2: See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, as amended by section 28 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009.
f3: See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).