{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-deal-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2001/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-deal-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2001/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/970",
  "legislation_title": "New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/new-deal-miscellaneous-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 13th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2001\nComing into force 9th April 2001\nWhereas arrangements known as “the Intensive Activity Period” and “the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus” have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (“the 1973 Act”):\nAnd whereas the Intensive Activity Period and the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus include a number of programmes of employment or employment-related training:\nAnd whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that these arrangements make provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of them to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities:\nNow, 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 1988 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 50: section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/970/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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