Article 2 Treatment of persons and payments for the purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and specified subordinate legislationI1

The provisions of this Article apply for the purposes of—

If, for any period or periods commencing with or falling after the date on which this Order comes into operation, during which a person is participating in the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus, that person receives, or is eligible to receive, a training allowance, he is to be treated for that period or those periods and in respect of his participation as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 1 of the 1950 Act; and accordingly, subject to paragraph (3), any payment made to such a person during that period or those periods in connection with his use of facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.

Paragraph (2) shall not apply in respect of any trading payment made to a person receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment, whilst participating in the Preparation for Employment Programme or the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus.