Part IIThe Jobseeker's Allowance
F1 “Work for your benefit” schemes etc.
Schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc.19A
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Regulations may make provision for or in connection with imposing on claimants in prescribed circumstances a requirement to participate in schemes of any prescribed description that are designed to assist them to obtain employment.
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Regulations under this Article may, in particular, require participants to undertake work, or work-related activity, during any prescribed period with a view to improving their prospects of obtaining employment.
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“work-related activity”, in relation to any person, means activity which makes it more likely that the person will obtain or remain in work or be able to do so
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Regulations under this Article may not require a person to participate in a scheme unless the person would (apart from the regulations) be required to meet the jobseeking conditions.
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Regulations under this Article may, in particular, make provision—
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for notifying participants of the requirement to participate in a scheme within paragraph (1);
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for securing that participants are not required to meet the jobseeking conditions or are not required to meet such of those conditions as are specified in the regulations;
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for suspending any jobseeker's agreement to which a person is a party for any period during which the person is a participant;
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In this Article—
F5“claimant”, in relation to a joint-claim couple claiming a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance, means either or both of the members of the couple;“the jobseeking conditions” means the conditions set out in Article 3(2)(a) to (c);“participant”, in relation to any time, means any person who is required at that time to participate in a scheme within paragraph (1).
Arts. 19A, 19B and crossheading inserted (13.8.2010) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 13), ss. 1(2), 36(1)(a)