# The Social Security Amendment (Employment Programme) Regulations 2002, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987


(1) The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) For paragraph (a) of the definition of “self-employment route” in regulation 2(1) (interpretation) there shall be substituted—
“(a) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996; or”.
(3) In Schedule 9 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph 62 for the words “those Regulations” there shall be substituted “ the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ”;
(b) after paragraph 62 the following paragraph shall be inserted—
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62A 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) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Full-Time Education and Training Option of the New Deal).”.
(4) In Schedule 10 (capital to be disregarded)—
(a) in sub-paragraph (b)(i) of paragraph 50 for the words “those Regulations” there shall be substituted “ the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ”;
(b) after paragraph 50 the following paragraph shall be inserted—
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50A 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) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2314/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-employment-programme-regulations-2002/regulation-3
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