The Employment Zones Regulations 2003
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2003/2438 |
| Year | 2003 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Zones Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 27th October 2003.(2) In these RegulationsF15, except where the context otherwise requires—(3) For the purposes of section 60 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 “employment” means employment whether under a contract of service or a contract of apprenticeship, or a contract for services, or otherwise F16than under a contract, and includes in particular self-employment and the holding of an office.who is ordinarily resident within an employment zone, orwhose address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is located within an employment zone.was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous period of at least 18 months; orwas entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a cumulative total of at least 18 months out of the previous 21 months; orhad participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to F18the Employment Zones Regulations in the previous twelve months but did not complete the programme.was entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance for a continuous 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;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 provided that any breaks in that period of entitlement do not exceed a period of 28 days in total; orhad participated in an employment zone programme pursuant to the Employment Zones 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.(4) A claimant to whom paragraph (1A) (c) or (2) (c) applies shall be treated as having completed so much of an employment zone programme for the purposes of regulations 4 and 5 as is equal to the period of his previous participation in the employment zone programme.(5) Where there is more than one employment zone contractor providing an employment zone programme in the claimant’s zone, the claimant may (subject to paragraphs (6) and (7) ) select the contractor with whom he will participate in the programme.(6) If the claimant has previously begun but not completed an employment zone programme provided by a particular contractor operating in the claimant’s zone, an employment officer may direct the claimant to participate in the programme with that contractor.(7) If the claimant fails to choose a contractor when requested to do so by an employment officer, the officer may direct him to participate in the programme with a particular contractor.(8) In this regulation—
- “the claimant’s zone” means the employment zone in which the claimant is ordinarily resident or in which his address for payment of his jobseeker’s allowance is located;
- “employment zone contractor” means a person who is providing an employment zone programme on behalf of the Secretary of State.
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