Regulation 9 Capital to be disregarded

Amend Schedule 4 to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (“Schedule 4”) and Schedule 3 to the Family Credit Regulations (“Schedule 3”) as follows.

For paragraph 51 of Schedule 4^f1 and paragraph 52 of Schedule 3^f2 substitute the following paragraph—

• “Any mandatory top-up payment made to a person pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 in respect of that person’s participation in—

  1. (a)

     the self-employment route;

  2. (b)

     an employment programme specified in—

     1. (i)

        regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(bb) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (Voluntary Sector Option of the New Deal);

     2. (ii)

        regulation 75(1)(a)(ii)(cc) of those Regulations (Environmental Task Force Option of the New Deal); or

  3. (c)

     the Intensive Activity Period specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(iv) of those Regulations or the Intensive Activity Period for 50 plus,

  but only for the period of 52 weeks from the date of receipt of the payment.”.