Statutory Instruments
Social Security
Made
17th February 2010
Laid before Parliament
22nd February 2010
Coming into force
15th March 2010
Arrangements known as “the Community Task Force” have been made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(1) which appear to him to make provision for persons using facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements to receive payments in connection with their use of those facilities.
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26(1)(a), (c) and (d) and (2) of the Employment Act 1988(2).
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Community Task Force (Miscellaneous Provisions) Order 2010.
(2) It shall come into force on 15 March 2010.
(3) In this Order—
“the Community Task Force” means a programme known by that name and provided pursuant to arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 for any individual aged 18 years or over and less than 25 on the first required entry date to the programme and which includes for that individual work experience and job search;
“facilities” includes the provision of services;
“Community Task Force participant”, in relation to any time, means a person who is at that time participating in the Community Task Force;
“training allowance” means a payment made by the Secretary of State to a person in connection with that person’s participation in the Community Task Force and includes a training premium.
2.—(1) The provisions of this article apply to the following legislation—
(a)Part 1 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(3);
(b)the Jobseekers Act 1995(4); and
(c)the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule to this Order.
(2) If, for any period commencing on or after the day on which this Order comes into force, a Community Task Force participant receives, or is eligible to receive, a training allowance, that person is to be treated for that period and in respect of participation in the Community Task Force as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.
(3) Any payment made to a Community Task Force participant during that period in connection with that person’s use of facilities provided in pursuance of those arrangements shall be treated in the same manner as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.
Signed by order of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Jim Knight
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions
17th February 2010
Article 2(1)(c)
The Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975(5)
The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979(6)
The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(7)
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992(8)
The Child Support (Maintenance Assessments and Special Cases) Regulations 1992(9)
The Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996(10)
The Housing Renewal Grants Regulations 1996(11)
Child Support (Maintenance Calculation Procedure) Regulations 2000(12)
The Housing Benefit Regulations 2006(13)
The Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(14)
The Council Tax Benefit Regulations 2006(15)
The Council Tax Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006(16)
The Education Authority Bursaries (Scotland) Regulations 2007(17)
The Education (Student Support) (No. 2) Regulations 2008(18)
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order provides that a person using facilities provided in pursuance of the employment programme known as Community Task Force and receiving or entitled to receive from the Secretary of State a training allowance in connection with the use of those facilities (which include the provision of services) shall be treated for certain purposes as not being employed but as participating in arrangements for training under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973.
This Order provides that any payment made to such a person in connection with the use of those facilities shall be treated as a payment of training allowance made in respect of such training.
The provisions of this Order apply for the purposes of Part I of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and the subordinate legislation specified in the Schedule.
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the private or voluntary sectors.
1973. c. 50. Section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c.19).
1988 c. 19. Subsection (1) was amended by section 38 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35) and by section 49 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19) .