The Social Security (New Deal Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations

12.  In Schedule 3 to the Income Support Regulations(1) (housing costs)—

(a)in paragraph 4(4A)(2), at the end of paragraph (a), there shall be added “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

(b)in paragraph 14 (linking rule)—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1)(ee)(i)(3), after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “, or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

(ii)in sub-paragraph (3ZA)(4)—

(aa)in paragraph (a), after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

(bb)at the end, there shall be added “or activity”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (3B)(5), after “Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996” there shall be inserted “or in the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus”;

(iv)in sub-paragraph (12)(c), after paragraph (ii)(6) there shall be added the following paragraph—

or

(iii)the Preparation for Employment Programme for 50 plus,.

(1)

Schedule 3 was substituted by regulation 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, S.R. 1995 No. 301

(2)

Paragraph 4(4A) was inserted by regulation 16(2) of S.R. 1997 No. 541

(3)

Head (ee) was inserted by regulation 16(3)(a) of S.R. 1997 No. 541 and amended by regulation 3(5) of S.R. 1998 No. 182

(4)

Sub-paragraph (3ZA) was inserted by regulation 16(3)(b) of S.R. 1997 No. 541

(5)

Sub-paragraph (3B) was inserted by regulation 16(3)(d) of S.R. 1997 No. 541

(6)

Sub-paragraph (12) was added by regulation 6(c) of S.R. 2001 No. 78