Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the New Deal (Lone Parents) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2001 and shall come into operation on 14th January 2002.
(2) In this Order—
“the New Deal for Lone Parents” means the arrangements known by that name and made under section 1 of the 1950 Act for which only persons who are lone parents are eligible and which are designed to help participants to obtain work or to improve their prospects of obtaining work;
“lone parent” means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child or young person;
“the self-employment route” means receiving assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in the New Deal for Lone Parents.