Housing Renovation etc. Grants (Reduction of Grant) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Regulation 2

3.  In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) –

(a)in paragraph (b) of the definition of “attendance allowance”, after “104” insert “or 105”;

(b)in the definition of “income-based jobseeker’s allowance”, for “means an income-based jobseeker’s allowance within” substitute “and “a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance” have the same meaning as they have in”;

(c)omit the definition of the “intensive activity period (New Deal) programme”;

(d)after the definition of “net profit” insert the following definition –

“the New Deal Options” means the employment programmes specified in regulation 75(1)(a)(i) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations(1) and the training scheme specified in regulation 75(1)(b)(ii) of those Regulations;.

(e)after the definition of “polygamous marriage” insert the following definitions –

“Preparation for Employment Programme” means the programme known by that name as defined for the purposes of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in regulation 75(i)(a)(v)(2) of those Regulations;

“Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus” means the programme known by that name as defined for the purposes of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in regulation 1(2)(3) of those Regulations;

(1)

Regulation 75 was substituted by S.R. 1997 No. 541 and amended by S.R. 1998 No. 182

(2)

Head (v) was inserted by S.R. 2001 No. 151

(3)

The definition of the “Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus” was inserted by S.R. 2001 No. 151