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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jobseekers-allowance-work-experience-amendment-regulations-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111505861",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work Experience) (Amendment) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jobseekers-allowance-work-experience-amendment-regulations-2011",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations”) on account of the introduction of the employment programme, established under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973, known as Work Experience.\nWork Experience is an employment programme that offers jobseeker’s allowance claimants aged 18 and over the opportunity to gain experience in a workplace for between 2 and 8 weeks. The amendment to regulation 19 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations means that whilst on Work Experience they must still actively seek employment.\nThe Regulations amend regulation 53 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations to provide that someone on Work Experience will not be regarded as being in remunerative work for the purposes of section 1(2)(e) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”). Section 1(2) of the 1995 Act sets out the eligibility criteria for receipt of jobseeker’s allowance, and paragraph (e) provides that a claimant is not eligible if they are in remunerative work.\nThe Regulations also amend regulation 75 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations so as to designate Work Experience an employment programme for the purposes of sections 19 and 20A of the 1995 Act and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations. The effect is that if a person, without good cause, refuses or fails to participate in the programme, or loses their place on the programme due to misconduct, that person will receive a sanction under section 19 or 20A of the 1995 Act.\nThe Regulations amend regulation 73 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations so that:\na sanction will only be imposed where an employment officer has previously provided the claimant with written notice informing them of the implications of failing to complete the Work Experience without good cause , and\na claimant who during the first week leaves their Work Experience for any reason will not be subject to the sanctioning regime (unless the claimant fails to attend at all or loses the place through misconduct).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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