PART II THE INTENSIVE ACTIVITY PERIOD OF THE NEW DEAL PILOTS FOR 25 PLUS

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1 In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, “employment programme” in section 19 of the Act means, in addition to the programmes listed in regulation 75(1) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations, the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus.
2 This paragraph applies to any person to whom regulation 3, 4, or 5 applies and who has been given or sent a notice in writing by an employment officer advising him that if he fails to participate in the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus his jobseeker’s allowance could cease to be payable or could be payable at a lower rate.
3 In relation to a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, for sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of regulation 69 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations there shall be substituted the following–

“(ii) either–
(aa) where the determination mentioned in (i) above does not relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5), or
(bb) where the determination mentioned in (i) above relates to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, on a previous occasion the jobseeker’s allowance was determined not to be payable to him in circumstances falling within section 19(5) that relate to the intensive activity period of the New Deal pilots for 25 plus, and”

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Regulation 69 was amended by S.I.1997/2863.