Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Flexible New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2009.

It shall come into force on 5th October 2009.

In this Order—

• “the Flexible New Deal” means the employment programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996^f1;

• “facilities” includes the provision of services;

• “New Deal participant”, in relation to any time, means a person who is at that time participating in the Flexible New Deal;

• “trading payment” means a payment made to a Flexible New Deal participant in consideration of goods or services supplied by that person in the course of participating in the Flexible New Deal;

• “training allowance” means a payment made by the Secretary of State to a person in connection with that person’s participation in the Flexible New Deal.