Regulation 4 Stages of employment zone programme

An employment zone programme shall consist of two stages—

A claimant begins to participate in the first stage of an employment zone programme on the day when he attends an initial interview with an employment officer who is an employment zone programme adviser following a direction given under regulation 2 or 3.

F2A claimant shall cease to participate in the first stage on such day as may be specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

A claimant begins to participate in the second stage of an employment zone programme on the day specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

F3A claimant shall cease to participate in the second stage on such day as may be specified by an employment officer in a written notification to the claimant.

In this regulation “public holiday” means Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of Great Britain.