{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1997/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1997/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2863",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (New Deal) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-new-deal-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Linking periods",
  "text": "In paragraph (2) of regulation 48 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, after sub-paragraph (e) , there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—\n“(f) any period throughout which the claimant was participating—\n(i) in the Employment Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(aa);\n(ii) either in the Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(bb) or in the Environment Task Force Option of the New Deal as specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(cc) and was not entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance because, as a consequence of his participation in either of those options, the claimant was engaged in remunerative work or failed to satisfy the condition specified either in section 2(1)(c) or in section 3(1)(a).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Regulation 48(2)(e) was inserted by S.I. 1996/2538 and amended by S.I. 1997/454."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2863/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:41:45.576246+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."
}