Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act 2013
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2013 c. 17 |
| Year | 2013 |
(1) The 2011 Regulations are to be treated for all purposes as regulations that were made under section 17A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and other provisions specified in the preamble to the 2011 Regulations and that came into force on the day specified in the 2011 Regulations.(2) The Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme mentioned in the 2011 Regulations is to be treated as having been, until the coming into force of the 2013 Regulations, a scheme within section 17A(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.the programmes described in regulation 3(2) to (8) of the 2013 Regulations, andthe programme known as the Community Action Programme,the Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme, ora programme of activities treated under subsection (3) as part of the scheme.(5) A notice given for the purposes of regulation 4(1) of the 2011 Regulations is to be treated as a notice that complied with regulation 4(2) (e) (information about the consequences of failing to participate) if it described an effect on payments of jobseeker's allowance as a consequence or possible consequence of not participating in the scheme or a programme of activities.a notice given to the person under regulation 4(1) , ora notice given to the person under regulation 4(3) on an earlier occasion,it required the person to be notified only of such changes as made the details inaccurate.the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme, ora placement described as Mandatory Work Activity.(8) A notice given for the purposes of regulation 4(1) of the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme Regulations is to be treated as a notice that complied with regulation 4(2) (f) (information about the consequences of failing to participate) if it described an effect on payments of jobseeker's allowance as a consequence or possible consequence of not participating in the scheme or placement.a notice given to the person under regulation 4(1) , ora notice given to the person under regulation 4(3) on an earlier occasion,it required the person to be notified only of such changes as made the details inaccurate.(10) The penalty provisions are to be treated (notwithstanding the amendments made by the 2012 Regulations) as having effect after the relevant time as they did before the relevant time, in relation to a failure to comply with the 2011 Regulations or, as the case may be, the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme Regulations that occurred or began to occur before the relevant time.(11) In subsection (10) and this subsection—
- “the penalty provisions” means—
- (a) in the case of a failure to comply with the 2011 Regulations, the provisions relating to the imposition of a penalty for such a failure that had effect before the relevant time;
- (b) in the case of a failure to comply with the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme Regulations, the provisions relating to the imposition of a penalty for such a failure that had effect before the relevant time;
- “the relevant time” means the time at which the 2012 Regulations came into force.
- “the 2011 Regulations” means the provisions known as the Jobseeker's Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/917) ;
- “the 2012 Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance (Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2568) ;
- “the 2013 Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance (Schemes for Assisting Persons to Obtain Employment) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/276) ;
- “the Mandatory Work Activity Scheme Regulations” means the Jobseeker's Allowance (Mandatory Work Activity Scheme) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/688) .
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