SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations shall be cited as the Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force— a for the purposes of this regulation and regulations 2, 4 and 5(c), on 26th March 2001; b for all other purposes, on 1st April 2001. 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)— a in paragraph (b) of the definition of “self-employment route” , for the words “an employment zone programme” there shall be substituted the following— i an employment zone programme; ii a course of training or instruction funded by or on behalf of the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, the National Assembly for Wales, the Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise ; b in the definition of “training allowance” — i at the end of paragraph (a), there shall be added the words “ , the Learning and Skills Council for England or the National Assembly for Wales ” ; ii at the end of paragraph (c), there shall be added the words “ or the National Assembly for Wales ” . Other consequential amendments relating to students 3 1 In each of the provisions specified in paragraph (2) below— a the definition of “the FEFC” shall be omitted; b in the definition of “full-time course of study”— i in paragraph (a), for the words “the FEFC” there shall be substituted the words “ the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales ” ; ii for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b a course of study which is funded in whole or in part by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales if it involves more than 16 guided learning hours per week for the student in question, according to the number of guided learning hours per week for that student set out— i in the case of a course funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England, in his learning agreement signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by that Council for the delivery of that course; or ii in the case of a course funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, in a document signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by that Council for the delivery of that course; or . 2 The provisions specified for the purposes of paragraph (1) above are— a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . c regulation 61(1) of the Income Support Regulations. 3 In the definition of “full-time course of advanced education” in regulation 61(1) of the Income Support Regulations— a in paragraph (a), for the words “the FEFC” there shall be substituted the words “the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales”; b for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph— b a course of study which is funded in whole or in part by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales if it involves more than 16 guided learning hours per week for the student in question, according to the number of guided learning hours per week for that student set out— i in the case of a course funded by the Learning and Skills Council for England, in his learning agreement signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by that Council for the delivery of that course; or ii in the case of a course funded by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales, in a document signed on behalf of the establishment which is funded by that Council for the delivery of that course; or . Other amendment to the Income Support Regulations and to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 4 In both paragraph 28 of Schedule 1B to the Income Support Regulations (prescribed categories of person) and paragraph 16 of Schedule A1 to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (categories of members of a joint-claim couple who are not required to satisfy the conditions in section 1(2B)(b)), for the words “provided in England and Wales, directly or indirectly by a Training or Enterprise Council pursuant to its arrangement with the Secretary of State (whether that arrangement is known as an Operating Arrangement or by any other name)” there shall be substituted the words “ secured by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales ” . Other amendments to the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 5 In the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations— a in regulation 57(1) (interpretation of Part IV: young persons), after the definition of “chronically sick or mentally or physically disabled” there shall be inserted the following definition— “the Connexions Service” means a person of any description with whom the Secretary of State has made an arrangement under section 114(2)(a) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 and any person to whom he has given a direction under section 114(2)(b) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and section 10(2) of the Employment and Training Act 1973; ; b in both regulation 61(1)(d) and (e) (other young persons in prescribed circumstances) and regulation 62 (registration), after the words “the Careers Service”, in each place where those words occur, there shall be inserted the words “ or the Connexions Service ” ; c in the definition of “training” in regulation 57(1) and in both regulations 75(1)(b)(i) (interpretation of Part V: sanctions) and 170(2) (persons in receipt of a training allowance), for the words from “provided in England” to “in Scotland” there shall be substituted the words “ secured by the Learning and Skills Council for England or by the National Council for Education and Training for Wales and, in Scotland, provided ” . Amendment of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 6 In the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 — a in regulation 2(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “the Careers Service” there shall be inserted the following definition— “the Connexions Service” means a person of any description with whom the Secretary of State has made an arrangement under section 114(2)(a) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 and any person to whom he has given a direction under section 114(2)(b) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 and section 10(2) of the Employment and Training Act 1973; ; b at the end of regulation 4(6) (persons required to take part in an interview), there shall be added the words “ or with an officer of the Connexions Service ” ; c in regulation 11(3) (taking part in an interview), after the words “the Careers Service” there shall be inserted the words “ or with the Connexions Service ” . Signed in relation to regulation 5 of these Regulations by authorityof the Secretary of State for Education and Employment. Tessa Jowell Minister of State, Department for Education and Employment Signed in relation to the remainder of these Regulations by authorityof the Secretary of State for Social Security. P. Hollis Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Social Security