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The Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993

S.I. 1993/348 · Made 17 February 1993

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 17th February 1993

Laid before Parliament 2nd March 1993

Coming into force 29th March 1993

Whereas arrangements have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973f1 (“the 1973 Act”) to set up a programme to be known as Training for Work:

And whereas it appears to the Secretary of State that Training for Work makes provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 26(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) of the Employment Act 1988f2 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19).

f2

1988 c. 19.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule
  3. 3Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule List of subordinate legislation
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Training for Work (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 29th March 1993.

2Treatment of persons and payments for purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule

For the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order a person using facilities provided under Training for Work shall be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the 1973 Act and, accordingly, any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.

3Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

A payment made to a person in connection with his use of facilities provided under Training for Work shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992f1.

Signature

Signed by order of the Secretary of State.

Viscount Ullswater

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,

Department of Employment

17th February 1993

List of subordinate legislation

  • The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975f1.

  • The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979f2.

  • The Social Security (Unemployment, Sicknessand Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1983f3.

  • The Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulations 1991f4.

  • The Income Support (General) Regulations 1987f5.

  • The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987f6.

  • The Income Support (Transitional) Regulations 1987f7.

  • The Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987f8.

  • The Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987f9.

  • The European Communities (Ironand Steel Employees Re-adaptation Benefits Scheme) (No. 2) Regulations 1988f10.

  • The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988f11.

  • The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 1988f12.

  • The Fire Precautions (Factories, Offices, Shopsand Railway Premises) Order 1989f13.

  • The Community Charge Benefits (General) Regulations 1989f14.

  • The Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reductions of Grant) Regulations 1990f15.

  • The Income Support (General) (Amendment) No. 4 Regulations 1991f16.

  • The Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1992f17.

  • The Education (Mandatory Awards) Regulations 1992f18.

  • The Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992f19.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides that, for the purposes of the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to the Order, a person using facilities provided under the Training for Work programme shall be treated as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50). Any payment made to such a person in connection with his use of those facilities shall be treated in the same manner as a payment made in respect of such training.

The Order provides that a payment made to a person in connection with his use of such facilities shall not be treated as earnings for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4).