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The Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013
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3.—(1) The schemes described in the following paragraphs are prescribed for the purposes of section 17A(1) (schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc) of the Act.
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(4) Full-time Training Flexibility is a scheme comprising training of 16 to 30 hours per week, for any claimant who has been receiving jobseeker's allowance for a continuous period of not less than 26 weeks ending on the first required entry date to the scheme.
(5) New Enterprise Allowance is a scheme designed to assist a claimant into self-employed earner's employment comprising guidance and support provided by a business mentor, access to a loan to help with start-up costs (subject to status) and a weekly allowance for a period of 26 weeks once the claimant starts trading.
(6) The sector-based work academy is a scheme which provides, for a period of up to 6 weeks, training to enable a claimant to gain the skills needed in the work place and a work experience placement for a period to be agreed with the claimant, and either a job interview with an employer or support to help participants through an employer's application process.
(7) Skills Conditionality is a scheme comprising training or other activity designed to assist a claimant to obtain skills needed to obtain employment.
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[F7(8C) The Work and Health Programme is a scheme designed to assist a claimant who is long-term unemployed in which, for a period of up to 456 calendar days, the claimant is given such support, and required to participate in such activity, as the provider of the Work and Health Programme considers appropriate and reasonable in the claimant’s circumstances to assist the claimant to obtain and sustain employment.]
[F8(8D) The Restart Scheme is a scheme which provides support for a period of up to 12 months for claimants who have been unemployed for 9 months or more and reside in England and Wales.]
(9) In this regulation—
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“self-employed earner” has the same meaning as in section 2(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
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F1Reg. 3(2) omitted (20.11.2017) by virtue of The Jobseekers Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1020), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F2Reg. 3(3) omitted (20.11.2017) by virtue of The Jobseekers Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1020), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F3Reg. 3(8) omitted (14.3.2022) by virtue of The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/154), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F4Reg. 3(8A) omitted (20.11.2017) by virtue of The Jobseekers Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1020), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F5Reg. 3(8A)(8B) inserted (5.11.2013) by The Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2584), regs. 1, 2(2)(a)
F6Reg. 3(8B) omitted (27.3.2015) by virtue of The Social Security (Traineeships and Qualifying Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/336), regs. 1, 3
F7Reg. 3(8C) inserted (20.11.2017) by The Jobseekers Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1020), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)
F8Reg. 3(8D) inserted (14.3.2022) by The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/154), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
F9Words in reg. 3(9) omitted (20.11.2017) by virtue of The Jobseekers Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1020), regs. 1, 2(2)(c)
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