The Industrial Injuries Benefit (Employment Training Schemes and Courses) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2540
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Industrial Injuries Benefit (Employment Training Schemes and Courses) Regulations 2013.

(2) They come into force on 31st October 2013.

(3) In these Regulations—

“the Employment and Training Act ” means the Employment and Training Act 1973 ;

“the Contributions and Benefits Act ” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“the Jobseekers Act ” means the Jobseekers Act 1995 .

Section 2 Employment training scheme and employment training course

The following descriptions of employment training scheme and employment training course are prescribed for the purposes of section 95A(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act—

(a) an employment training scheme or employment training course provided pursuant to arrangements made by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or the Scottish or Welsh Ministers under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act (arrangements for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment);

(b) an employment training scheme or employment training course which constitutes, or participation in which forms part of, a scheme of a description prescribed under section 17A of the Jobseekers Act (schemes for assisting persons to obtain employment: “work for your benefit” schemes etc. );

(c) an employment training scheme or employment training course in which a person participates pursuant to—

(i) a requirement to undertake work-related activity imposed under regulations under section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 ; or

(ii) a work preparation requirement within the meaning of section 6C of the Jobseekers Act , section 11C of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 or section 16 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

Section 3 Employer

The persons prescribed for the purposes of section 95A(2) of the Contributions and Benefits Act are any persons providing an employment training scheme or employment training course of a description prescribed under regulation 2 above.

Section 4 Payment of industrial injuries benefit where payments were previously payable under section 11(3) of the Employment and Training Act

Where, before section 66 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (trainees) came into force for all purposes, payments were payable to a person in consequence of an injury or disease under section 11(3) of the Employment and Training Act (power to make payments in respect of trainees equivalent to social security benefits in respect of employees), that person is entitled to equivalent payments of industrial injuries benefit.

Section 5 Outstanding claims

Any claim for payments in consequence of an injury or disease under section 11(3) of the Employment and Training Act, which was made but not determined before section 66 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 came into force for all purposes, is to be treated as a claim for industrial injuries benefit.