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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-employment-programme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/275",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Employment Programme Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-employment-programme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).\n(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) for paragraph (a) of the definition of “self-employment route” there shall be substituted the following paragraph –\n“(a) the Self-Employed Employment Option of the New Deal which is specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(i); or”.\n(3) In regulation 48(2)(f)(i) (linking periods) before “Employment Option” the words “Self-Employed” shall be inserted.\n(4) In regulation 75(1)(a) (interpretation) for head (i) (Employment Option of the New Deal) there shall be substituted the following head –\n“(i) 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 58 of Schedule 6 (sums to be disregarded in the calculation of income other than earnings) the following paragraph shall be inserted –\n“58A Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 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 43 of Schedule 7 (capital to be disregarded) the following paragraph shall be inserted –\n“43A Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 2 in operation at 14.10.2002, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 198; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 541, S.R. 1998 No. 182 and S.R. 2001 No. 151"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “self-employment route” was inserted by regulation 2(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 151"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sub-paragraph (f) was added by regulation 4 of S.R. 1997 No. 541"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation 75 was substituted by regulation 8 of S.R. 1997 No. 541"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Head (i) was substituted by Regulation 4(2) of S.R. 1998 No. 182"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Paragraph 58 was substituted by regulation 10(b) of S.R. 2001 No. 151"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Paragraph 43 was substituted by regulation 11 of S.R. 2001 No. 151"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/275/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:06:44.073796+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."
}