2001 No. 261

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2001

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 19991 and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 26th February 2001.

Amendment of the Employment Zones Regulations 20002

The Schedule to the Employment Zones Regulations 20003 shall be amended as follows—

a

in relation to the employment zone of Brent, after “the London borough of Brent” there shall be added “the London borough of Barnet, the London borough of Camden and the City of Westminster”;

b

in relation to the employment zone of Doncaster, after “the metropolitan district of Doncaster” there shall be added “and the metropolitan district of Rotherham”.

Tessa JowellMinister of State,Department for Education and Employment

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the schedule to the Employment Zones Regulations 2000 (as substituted by the Employment Zones (Amendment) Regulations 2000) by adding, to the Doncaster employment zone, the district of Rotherham and, to the Brent employment zone, the London boroughs of Barnet, Camden and the City of Westminster.