{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-employment-programme-regulations-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2314",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Employment Programme) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-employment-programme-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.\n(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 1 (interpretation) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “self-employment route” there shall be substituted—\n“(a) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa); or”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(f)(i) of regulation 48 (linking periods) before the words “Employment Option” the words “ Self-Employed ” shall be inserted.\n(4) In paragraph (1) of regulation 75 (interpretation) —\n(a) sub-paragraphs (a)(i)(aa)(Jobplan Workshop) and (a)(i)(ee)(Programme Centre Workshop) shall be omitted;\n(b) for sub-paragraph (a)(ii)(aa)(Employment Option of the New Deal) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—\n“(aa) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal, being a programme which lasts for any individual for up to 26 weeks and which includes for that individual assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment;”.\n(5) After paragraph 60 of Schedule 7 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) the following paragraph shall be inserted—\n“\n60A Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.\n(6) After paragraph 45 of Schedule 8 (capital to be disregarded) the following paragraph shall be inserted—\n“\n45A Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in a training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal) but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/207."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The definition of “self-employment route” was inserted by S.I. 2000/2910. The relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/652 and 1029 and S.I. 2002/1411."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (f) was inserted by S.I. 1997/2863."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Regulation 75 was substituted by regulation 8 of S.I. 1997/2863."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (a)(i)(ee) was substituted by S.I. 1998/1698."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (a)(ii)(aa) was substituted by S.I. 1998/1174."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M7",
      "text": "Paragraph 60 was substituted by S.I. 2001/1029."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M8",
      "text": "Paragraph 45 was amended by S.I. 2001/1029."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2314/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:49:35.227855+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}