The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 No. 154

Amendments of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013

2.—(1) The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3 (schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment)—

(a) omit paragraph (8);

(b) after paragraph (8C) insert—

“(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.”

(1)

S.I. 2013/276. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/2584, S.I. 2014/2103, S.I. 2015/336 and S.I. 2017/1020.