The Employment Zones Regulations 2000 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 22 May 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations designate 15 areas in Great Britain to be employment zones within which employment zone programmes can be run. The purpose of such a programme is to assist participants living within a zone and claiming a jobseeker’s allowance to obtain sustainable employment. Employment is defined widely to include any paid work whether carried out for an employer or in the course of any trade, business, profession, partnership, office or vocation.
Regulation 3 designates the areas by reference to lists of wards and electoral divisions set out in the schedule.
Regulation 4 contains the definition of employment.
Regulation 5 provides that eligibility to participate depends upon living within a zone.
Regulation 6 defines a first stage of participation during which Regulation 7 relaxes a requirement of the Jobseekers Act 1995 so as to allow participants to continue to be eligible to receive a jobseeker’s allowance without maintaining a jobseeker’s agreement.
Regulation 8 defines a second stage of participation during which Regulation 9 relaxes additional requirements of the Jobseekers Act 1995 so as to allow participants to continue to be eligible to receive a jobseeker’s allowance without remaining available for employment and without actively seeking employment.
Regulation 10 amends regulation 75 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 so as to apply the sanction provisions set out in section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 to defaults arising in connection with employment zone programmes.
These regulations do not impose any charge on business.
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