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Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 962The Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2006(The document as of February, 2008) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2006 No. 962SOCIAL SECURITYThe Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2006
These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 60(1) to (3) and (9) and 83(4), (6) and (9) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999[1] and sections 19(10)(c), 29(1), (3) and (5) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995[2]. These Regulations, so far as section 29(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 applies to them, are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or will be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work[3]. The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[4]. A draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament. Accordingly the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations: Citation, commencement and duration 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 24th April 2006. (2) These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 23rd April 2007 unless revoked with effect from an earlier date. Interpretation 2.—(1) In these Regulations—
(2) An employment programme for the purposes of section 19(5) of the 1995 Act[13] includes an employment zone programme in which a claimant is required to participate under regulation 3, 4, 5 or 9 of these Regulations.
(b) in the period immediately preceding the date on which the selection is made the claimant—
(ii) was entitled to a jobseeker's allowance for a cumulative total of at least 18 months out of the previous 21 months; or (iii) had participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations in the previous twelve months but did not complete the programme. (2) An employment officer may, on a sampling basis, select a claimant who is aged 18 years or over but less than 25 years to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor where—
(b) in the period immediately preceding the date on which the selection is made the claimant—
(ii) was entitled to a jobseeker's allowance for a cumulative period of at least six months after participating in a New Deal for Young People programme or an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations without any break in that period of entitlement exceeding a period of 28 days in total; or (iii) had participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones Regulations or these Regulations in the previous twelve months but did not complete the programme. (3) The employment officer shall notify the claimant in writing that he is required to participate in the employment zone programme provided by that employment zone contractor.
(b) his personal circumstances place him at a significant disadvantage in obtaining employment; and (c) he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is located within an employment zone. (2) An employment officer may, on a sampling basis, select a claimant who is aged 18 years or over but less than 25 years to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor where—
(b) his personal circumstances place him at a significant disadvantage in obtaining employment; (c) he has participated in a New Deal for Young People programme; and (d) he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is located within an employment zone. (3) The employment officer shall notify the claimant in writing that he is required to participate in the employment zone programme provided by that employment zone contractor.
(b) he is ordinarily resident within an employment zone or his address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is located within an employment zone; (c) he did not complete the previous employment zone programme; and (d) the same employment zone contractor provides an employment zone programme in the employment zone. (2) Where this regulation applies, an employment officer may notify the claimant that he is required to attend and complete an employment zone programme with the same employment zone contractor.
(b) the second stage shall last for a maximum period of 26 weeks. (2) A claimant begins to participate in the first stage of an employment zone programme on the day when he attends an initial interview with a programme adviser following a written notification of his selection for participation given under regulation 3 or 4.
Suspension of the requirements of the Jobseekers Act 1995
(b) has entered into a jobseeker's agreement which remains in force; and (c) is actively seeking employment. Amendment of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996
(b) someone whose address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is within an employment zone, then any relevant sanction incurred by that person shall end and these Regulations shall cease to apply.
(ii) was required by virtue of regulation 8 of those Regulations, to participate in an employment zone programme; and (b) who has not completed the employment zone programme before those Regulations expired. (2) The references to regulation 3 or 4 in regulation 6(2) and 8(1) of these Regulations shall be read in relation to a claimant to whom this regulation applies as references to regulation 3 or 4 of the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2004[18] or, as the case may be, the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005. The Birmingham Employment Zone 1.The area designated as the Birmingham Employment Zone consists of: the following wards within the City of Birmingham: Acocks Green, Aston, Bordesley Green, Edgbaston, Handsworth Wood, Harborne, Hodge Hill, Kingstanding, Ladywood, Lozells and East Handsworth, Nechells, Oscott, Perry Barr, Quinton, Shard End, Sheldon, Soho, South Yardley, Stechford and Yardley North, Stockland Green, Tyburn, Washwood Heath; the ward of Bartley Green except the following postcodes:
the ward of Erdington except the following postcodes:
the ward of Sparkbrook except the following postcodes:
the ward of Springfield except the following postcodes:
the following postcodes within the ward of Moseley and Kings Heath:
the following postcodes within the ward of Selly Oak:
The Brent and Haringey Employment Zone 2.The area designated as the Brent and Haringey Employment Zone consists of:
The Glasgow Employment Zone
the following postcodes within the ward of Manor:
The Southwark Employment Zone 5.The area designated as the Southwark Employment Zone consists of:
The Tower Hamlets and Newham Employment Zone
(This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations make provision for a pilot scheme for jobseeker's allowance claimants to participate in a compulsory employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. The six areas of Great Britain designated as employment zones for the purpose of these Regulations are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations. The Regulations come into force on 24th April 2006 and will expire on 23rd April 2007 unless revoked earlier. Regulation 3 specifies those people who may be selected by an employment officer to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. Subject to certain conditions, these are jobseeker's allowance claimants who live within an area designated as an employment zone and listed in the Schedule. Regulation 4 makes provision for certain jobseeker's allowance claimants who are at a significant disadvantage in the labour market to apply voluntarily to an employment officer for selection to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. Regulation 5 provides for jobseeker's allowance claimants who have begun an employment zone programme in the previous twelve months but have not completed that programme to be required to complete an employment zone programme with the same employment zone contractor. Regulation 6 sets out the two stages of an employment zone programme. Regulation 7 makes provision for certain conditions for entitlement to a jobseeker's allowance relating to availability for work, a jobseeker's agreement and actively seeking work to be suspended whilst people are participating in an employment zone programme. Regulation 8(1) provides that regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) shall apply to people selected to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular contractor and to people who have not completed an employment zone programme and are required to return to complete the programme with the same contractor in accordance with these Regulations. The effect is to enable a sanction to be imposed under section 19 or 20A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 if a person without good cause refuses or fails to participate in an employment zone programme with a particular employment zone contractor. Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that such a person is neither ordinarily resident within an employment zone, nor someone whose address for payment of his jobseeker's allowance is within an employment zone, paragraph (2) provides that if a sanction has been incurred it shall end and the Regulations shall cease to apply, except where a person who has already begun an employment zone programme requests to be allowed to complete that programme. Regulation 9 requires a person who was participating in an employment zone programme under the Employment Zones (Allocation to Contractors) Pilot Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1125) before 24th April 2006 to complete the programme under these Regulations. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument because it has no impact on the costs of business. Notes: [1]1999 c.30; subsection (9) is an interpretation provision cited for the meaning given to the words "employment" and "prescribed".back [2]1995 c.18.back [3]See section 29(8) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.back [4]See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 41(4) of and Schedule 2 (paragraph 67(a)) to the Jobseekers Act 1995 inserted the provisions of the Jobseekers Act 1995 into the list of "relevant enactments" in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee; section 84(1) of and Schedule 12 Part II (paragraphs 79 and 81(a)) to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 added section 60 of that Act to that list.back [5]1995 c.18.back [6]1999 c.30.back [7]Jobseeker's allowance is a social security benefit paid in accordance with the provisions of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) as amended.back [8]S.I. 2003/2438 as amended by S.I. 2004/1043 and S.I. 2005/1744.back [9]S.I. 2004/934.back [10]S.I. 2005/1125.back [11]1973 c.50; section 2 was substituted by section 25(1) of the Employment Act 1988 (c.19).back [12]S.I. 1996/207 as amended.back [13]Section 19(5) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 provides grounds for precluding payment of a jobseeker's allowance for a claimant's refusal of an employment programme opportunity without good cause.back [14]1971 c.80.back [15]S.I. 1996/207. The definition of an employment zone in regulation 75(1)(a)(iii) of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 was inserted by regulation 6 of the Employment Zones Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2438) and amended by the Social Security (Working Neighbourhoods) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/959).back [16]Section 20A was inserted by section 59 of and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.back [17]S.I. 2005/1125. The Regulations expire on 24th April 2006.back [18]S.I. 2004/934.back ISBN0 11 074446 2 -- Back --
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