Regulation 4 Prescribed period for the purposes of Article 21(2) and 22A(3) of the OrderI1

in paragraph (1)(a), for “sub-paragraph (b) or (c)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraph (b), (c) or (d)”;

in paragraph (1)(b)(ii)(aa), after “New Deal Options” there shall be inserted “or the Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v)”;

in paragraph (1)(b)(ii)(bb) for “and” at the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted “or”;

after paragraph (1)(b)(ii)(bb) there shall be added the following sub-head —

“(cc)

where the determination in head (i) relates to the Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v), on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within Article 21(5) or Article 22A(2)(a) to (c) of the Order that relate to any Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v), and”;

after paragraph (1)(c) there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—

“(d)

26 weeks in any case (other than a case where a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable in circumstances relating to the employment programme known as “Core Gateway” specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv)^f2) in which —

(i)

a jobseeker’s allowance is determined not to be payable to the claimant in circumstances falling within Article 21(5) or Article 22A(2)(a) to (c) of the Order and the determination relates to an act or omission arising after this regulation comes into operation in respect of the Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v);

(ii)

on 2 or more previous occasions a jobseeker’s allowance has been determined not to be payable to the claimant in circumstances falling within Article 21(5) or Article 22A(2)(a) to (c) of the Order and each such determination relates to any Preparation for Employment Programme specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(v), and

(iii)

no more than 12 months have elapsed between the beginning of the day on which the determination mentioned in head (i) is made and the beginning of the first day on which a jobseeker’s allowance was not payable to the claimant as a result of the determination which most recently preceded it whether the preceding determination is either—

(aa)

a determination falling within sub-paragraph (b)(i) to which the circumstances in sub-paragraph (b)(ii)(cc) apply, or

(bb)

itself an earlier determination falling within head (i).”

in paragraph (3)—

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