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subject before that date (including any condition as to any assistance being recoverable)”.

(9) Revoke clause 13(3).

10. New clause 14 inserted—After clause 13, insert:

“14. Direction in relation to sections 61G and 179—

(1) Under section 5 of the Act, the Minister directs that in the exercise of the chief executive’s powers under section 61G and 179 of the Act, the chief executive should treat the following as references to payments under this programme for education or employment-related training costs and associated additional costs under clauses 3, 5, and 9 of the Schedule—

(a) the reference to payments under the Training Incentive Allowance Programme in clause 5(b) of Schedule 1 of the Social Security (Temporary Additional Support) Regulations 2005:

(b) the reference to payments under that programme and the course participation assistance programme in Regulation 9(1)(c) of the Social Security (Criteria for Incentive Payments and Money Management) Regulations 2012.

(2) This direction is for the avoidance of doubt.”

11. Direction in relation to Special Benefit consequentially amended—(1) This clause amends the Direction in relation to Special Benefit given under section 5 of the Act.

(2) In clause 2.1, definition of chargeable income, paragraph (f)(i), replace “the Training Incentive Allowance Programme” with “the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme for education and employment-related training costs and associated additional costs”.

(3) In clause 2.1, definition of chargeable income, paragraph (f)(iii), replace “Work Start Grant Programme” with “Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme”.

12. Sole Parent Study Assistance Programme consequentially amended—(1) This clause amends the Sole Parent Study Assistance Programme established and approved under section 124(1)(d) of the Act (as the DPB Sole Parent Study Assistance Programme).

(2) In clause 6(5),—

(a) before “Training Incentive Allowance Programme”, insert “former”:

(b) before “Course Participation Assistance Programme”, insert “former”:

(c) after “Assistance Programme”, insert “, the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme”.

(3) In clause 7(a), replace “who is entitled to, or is receiving assistance under the Training Incentive Allowance Programme” with “who is receiving assistance for educational or employment-related training costs under the Employment and Work Readiness Assistance Programme”.

13. Schedule amended—Amend the Schedule of the principal programme in the manner set out in the Schedule.

Schedule

Clause 13

Amendments to Schedule of principal programme

Clause 3

Replace clause 3 with:

“3 Education and employment related training

(a) Short-term training courses

The purchase for an eligible person with specific employment skills deficits of a place in a short-term employment-related training course

The actual and reasonable fees charged by the training provider for the training and (including the amount of any associated grant under clause 5 or 9 of this Schedule) not exceeding $1,000.00 in a 52-week period

(b) Longer education or training courses

The purchase for an eligible person at risk of long-term benefit dependency and who has specific employment skills deficits of a place in an educational course (not being a post-graduate degree course) or a course of employment-related training

A total amount (including the amount of any associated grant under clause 5 or 9 of this Schedule) not exceeding $5,000.00 for each year of the course”.

Clause 6

In clause 6, replace “Financial assistance” with “(1) Financial assistance”.

In clause 6, replace “from receipt of a main benefit under the Act into unsubsidised” with “into”.

In clause 6(a), after “employer”, insert “(not being clothing, footwear, or equipment the employer is required to supply to comply with the employer’s obligations under the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992)”.

Replace clause 6(b) and (c) with:

“(b) the costs relating to participation in any job interview for the employment; and

(c) except for a full-time student undertaking employment during the period between the end of an academic year and the start of the next academic year and subject to subclause (2), bridging finance for the person’s living costs for a period not exceeding 4 weeks between,—

(i) in the case of an eligible person moving from receipt of a main benefit under the Act to employment, the date the benefit ends and the date of the first payment of wages or salary from the employment; or

(ii) in the case of an eligible person moving from one employment (employment A) to another (employment B) and who, in the chief executive’s opinion, would be at risk of receiving a main benefit under this Act if assistance under this paragraph were not granted, the date on which employment A ceased and the date of the first payment of wages or salary from employment B; and

(d) the cost of an interpreter; and

(e) the costs of tattoo removal if the applicant is referred to a tattoo removal service by a medical practitioner; and

(f) job placement expenses, being costs that an applicant will need to incur to enter employment (other than training costs) including relocation costs if the applicant needs to relocate his or her place of residence to take up the offer of employment”.

After clause 6, insert as subclause (2):

“(2) If the applicant is receiving work bonus payments under the Work Bonus Programme established and approved under section 124(1)(d) of the Act in respect of the