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The Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/1995 · Made 4 September 1991

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 4th September 1991

Laid before Parliament 10th September 1991

Coming into force 1st October 1991

Whereas arrangements have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973f1 (“the 1973 Act”) to set up an Employment Action Programme (“the Scheme”):

And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that the Scheme makes provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) of the Employment Act 1988f2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).

f2

1988 c. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule
  3. 3Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Employment Action (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st October 1991.

2Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule

For the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order a person using facilities provided under the Scheme shall be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the 1973 Act and, accordingly, any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.

3Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975

A payment made to a person in connection with his use of facilities provided under the Scheme shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Act 1975f1.

Signature

Signed by order of the Secretary of State.

Ullswater

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Employment

4th September 1991

[List of subordinate legislation]
The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975f1
The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979f2
The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983f3
The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1991f4
The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987f5
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987f6
The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987f7
The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987f8
The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987f9
The European Communities (Iron and Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1988f10
The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988f11
The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1988f12
The Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shops and Railway Premises) Order 1989f13
The Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989f14
The Home Energy Efficiency Grants Regulations 1990f15
The Income Support (General) (Amendment) No. 4 Regulations 1991f16

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that, for the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to the Order, a person using facilities provided under the Employment Action Programme shall be treated as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50). Any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.

The Order provides that a payment made to a person in connection with his use of such facilities shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14).