Regulation 2 Common amendments

In each of the regulations specified in paragraph (2) below (interpretation), there shall be inserted the following definitions in the appropriate places–

• ““employment zone" means an area within Great Britain designated for the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 M1 and an “employment zone programme" means a programme established for such an area or areas designed to assist claimants for a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment;”;

““employment zone contractor" means a person who is undertaking the provision of facilities in respect of an employment zone programme on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment;”;

““subsistence allowance" means an allowance which an employment zone contractor has agreed to pay to a person who is participating in an employment zone programme;”.

The regulations specified in this paragraph are–