Part IVThe New Deal Education and Training Opportunities Pilot for 25 Plus
Scope of Part IV
17. Regulations 5 to 16 shall not apply to a person during any period where he is participating in the New Deal Education and Training Opportunities pilot for 25 plus.
Modification of regulation 17A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
18. In relation to a person to whom regulation 3 or 4 applies and who is participating in the New Deal Education and Training Opportunities pilot for 25 plus, regulation 17A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(1) (further circumstances in which a person is to be treated as available: full-time students participating in a qualifying course) shall apply with the modifications set out in paragraphs (a) and (b)–
(a)in paragraph (2)(b)–
(i)for “2 years” there shall be substituted “18 months”;
(ii)the words from “and for the purposes” to the end shall be omitted;
(b)in paragraph (4) for “2 years” there shall be substituted “18 months”.
Regulation 17A was inserted by regulation 4 of S.R. 1998 No. 198.