The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Extension of the Preparation for Employment Programme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
Articles 21 and 22A of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 provide that jobseeker’s allowance may not be payable to a claimant, who refuses or fails without good cause to take part in an employment programme when directed to do so. The term “employment programme” is defined in regulation 75(1)(a) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996. One of the programmes referred to in that regulation is the Preparation for Employment Programme.