Regulation 170 Persons in receipt of a training allowance
A person who is not receiving training falling within paragraph (2) F2and is not a qualifying young person or child within the meaning of section 142 of the Benefits Act (child and qualifying young person) may be entitled to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance without—
being available for employment;
having entered into a jobseeker’s agreement; or
actively seeking employment,
if he is in receipt of a training allowance F3....
Training falls within this paragraph if it is training for which persons aged under 18 are eligible and for which persons aged 18 to 24 may be eligible, F4secured by the F5F6Secretary of StateF7... or by the F8Welsh Ministers and, in Scotland, provided, directly or indirectly by a Local Enterprise Company pursuant to its arrangement with, as the case may be, F9Skills Development Scotland, Scottish Enterprise Highlands and Island Enterprise (whether that arrangements is known as am Operating Contract or by other name).
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 170(1) substituted (15.10.2001) by The Social Security (Breach of Community Order) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1711), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)
- F2
Words in reg. 170(1) inserted (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/718), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(8)
- F3
Words in reg. 170(1) omitted (for specified purposes and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Welfare Reform Act 2009 (Section 26) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/424), reg. 3(3)
- F4
Words in reg. 170(2) substituted (26.3.2001) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/652), regs. 1(1)(a), 5(c)
- F5
Words in reg. 170(2) substituted (1.9.2010) by The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1941), arts. 1, 5(5)
- F6
Words in reg. 170(2) substituted (E.) (1.5.2012) by The Young People’s Learning Agency Abolition (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/956), arts. 1, 5(7)
- F7
Words in reg. 170(2) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/971), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 4(6)
- F8
Words in reg. 170(2) substituted (5.1.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 7) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3157), regs. 1(1), 3(8)
- F9
Words in reg. 170(2) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/583), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(f)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
- F2
Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision: it is cited because it contains powers exercised in these Regulations in the definitions of “employment", “jobseeker's period", “pensionable age", “pensionable payments", “training" and “work" and because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed" and “regulations".
- F3
1992 c.5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and it is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
- F4
1992 c.4; sections 171D and 171G(2) were inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18), section 6(1) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed".
- F5
See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5).