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The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 (Note)

The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 3156

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999

Made 25th November 1999

Coming into force 29th November 1999

Whereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995[1] and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to Parts I and II of the Regulations, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to Part III of the Regulations (other than in relation to provisions relating to disabled person's tax credit and working families' tax credit[2]), and the Treasury, in relation to provisions in Part III of the Regulations relating to disabled person's tax credit and working families' tax credit, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 12(1), (4)(a) and (b), 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 20(4) and (6), 21, 29(1), (3), (5), (6)(a) and (c), 35(1)[3] and 36(1), (2) and (4) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 123(1), 136(3), (5)(a), (b) and (c), 137(1) and (2)(d) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[4] and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State for Social Security to be representative of the authorities concerned[5] and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[6], and whereas these Regulations 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, hereby make the following Regulations:

PART I

GENERAL

Citation, commencement and duration

1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 29th November 1999 immediately following the expiry of the Social Security (New Deal Pilot) Regulations 1998[7].

(2) These Regulations shall cease to have effect on 28th November 2000, unless revoked with effect from an earlier date.

Interpretation

2. - (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Jobseekers Act 19...

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