{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-zones-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-zones-regulations-2003/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2438",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Zones Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-zones-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Early entry to an employment zone programme",
  "text": "(1) An employment officer may direct a claimant who is aged 25 years or over to participate in an employment zone programme where—\n(a) the claimant has asked to participate in an employment zone programme;\n(b) his personal circumstances place him at a significant disadvantage in obtaining employment; and\n(c) he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is located within an employment zone.\n(2) An employment officer may direct a claimant who is aged 18 years or over but less than 25 years to participate in an employment zone programme where—\n(a) the claimant has asked to participate in an employment zone programme;\n(b) his personal circumstances place him at a significant disadvantage in obtaining employment;\n(c) he has participated in a New Deal for Young People programme; and\n(d) he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is located within an employment zone.\n(3) The employment officer shall notify the claimant in writing that he is required to participate in the employment zone programme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 substituted (24.4.2006) by Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1000), regs. 1, 2(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2438/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:58:01.402829+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."
}