Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 963
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits Self-Employment Route Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made
30th March 2004
Laid before Parliament
5th April 2004
Coming into force
4th May 2004
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(3), (4) and (5)(b) and (c), 137(1) and (2)(d), and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(1) to (3) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of the provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned , and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
(2) In these Regulations—
...
“ the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 ;
“ the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations ” means the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 .
Common amendments
2. In regulation 2(1) of ... the Income Support Regulations and in regulation 1(3) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (interpretation) for the definition of “self-employment route” there shall be substituted—
“ “ self-employment route ” means assistance in pursuing self-employed earner’s employment whilst participating in—
(a) an employment zone programme; or
(b) a programme provided or other arrangements made pursuant to section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 (functions of the Secretary of State) or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (functions in relation to training for employment etc. ); ” .
Other amendment of the Income Support Regulations
3. In the Income Support Regulations in regulation 6(1) (persons not treated as engaged in remunerative work) after sub-paragraph (d) there shall be inserted as sub-paragraph (dd)—
“ (dd) he is receiving assistance under the self-employment route; ” .
Other amendment of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations
4. In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations in paragraph (bb) of regulation 53 (persons treated as not engaged in remunerative work) for the words after “receiving assistance” there shall be substituted “ under the self-employment route ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.
Des Browne
Minister of State,
Department for Work and Pensions