{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1998/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1998/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110657209",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Parts II and IV of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "In regulation 4 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations—\n(a) in the definition of “casual employment” there shall be inserted after the words “any notice” the words “except where otherwise provided”;\n(b) after the definition of “employment officer” the following definitions shall be inserted—\n““examination” in relation to a qualifying course means an examination which is specified as an examination related to the qualifying course in a document signed on behalf of the establishment at which the qualifying course is being undertaken;\n“made a claim for a jobseeker’s allowance” includes treated as having made a claim for the allowance and treated as having an award of the allowance in accordance with regulation 5, 6 or 7 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1996;”; and\n(c) after the definition of “a person who is laid off” the following definitions shall be inserted—\n““qualifying course” has the meaning given in regulation 17A;\n“term-time” in relation to a qualifying course means the period specified as term-time in relation to a person to whom regulation 17A(2) applies in a document signed on behalf of the establishment at which the qualifying course is being undertaken;\n“vacation” in relation to a qualifying course means any period falling within the period of study, which is not term-time;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/2567."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/1998/0110657209/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:22:51.501815+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}