New Deal (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order provides that, for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and the statutory provisions specified in the Schedule to the Order, a person using facilities provided in pursuance of any of the employment or employment-related training programmes known as “the Full-time Education and Training Option”, “the Voluntary Sector Option” and “the Environmental Task Force Option” under the arrangements known as the New Deal and receiving or entitled to receive from the Department of Economic Development a training allowance in connection with the use of those facilities shall be treated as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 1 of the Employment and Training (Northern Ireland) Act 1950. 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 of training allowance made in respect of such training.