# The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Work for Your Benefit Pilot Scheme) Regulations 2010, Regulation 7: Failure to participate in the Scheme


(1) A person (“P”) is to be regarded as having failed to comply with these Regulations where P—
(a) refused or failed to accept or take up a place on the Scheme notified to P by an officer of the Secretary of State;
(b) gave up a place on the Scheme;
(c) lost a place on the Scheme as the result of misconduct;
(d) failed to attend at a place or time notified to P by a Scheme provider;
(e) failed to provide answers to questions asked by a Scheme provider and appropriate information about—
(i) P’s educational qualifications;
(ii) P’s employment history;
(iii) any vocational training P has undertaken;
(iv) any skills or experience P has acquired which fit P for employment or self-employment;
(v) the steps taken by P to obtain employment or to improve P’s chances of obtaining employment;
(vi) P’s aspirations for future employment or self-employment; and
(vii) P’s work-related abilities;
(f) refused or failed to participate in a work experience placement of which P was notified by a Scheme provider;
(g) refused or failed to participate in arrangements made by a Scheme provider to assist participants with job search; or
(h) refused or failed to carry out a reasonable instruction given to P by a Scheme provider with a view to assisting P to obtain employment.
(2) In this regulation—
“Scheme” includes any element of the Scheme provided in connection with arrangements made by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 17B(1) (section 17A: supplemental) of the Act;
“Scheme provider” means a person with whom the Secretary of State has made arrangements in relation to P in accordance with that section or who is providing facilities in relation to P under the arrangements.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111493496/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-jobseekers-allowance-work-for-your-benefit-pilot-scheme-regulations-2010/regulation-7
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