Regulation 17 Self-employment route of the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plusI1

regulation 102A and regulation 39A were renumbered regulation 102A(1) and regulation 39A(1) respectively;

for the definition of “self-employment route” in the renumbered paragraph (1) there was substituted the following definition—

• ““self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the programme known as the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilot for 25 plus as defined for the purposes of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations;”;

after the renumbered paragraph (1), there was added the following paragraph—

“(2)

For the purposes of this Chapter, the last day upon which assistance is received under the self-employment route shall be the day—

(a)

upon which there is at least £2,000 in the participant’s special account;

(b)

which is 26 weeks after the day upon which the participant first received such assistance, or

(c)

which is the last day upon which the participant received such assistance,

whichever shall first occur.”.

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in the Income Support Regulations, paragraph 63 of Schedule 9 and paragraphs 6 and 50 of Schedule 10;

in the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, paragraph 61 of Schedule 6 and paragraphs 11 and 45 of Schedule 7.