{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-for-partners-regulations-2003/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-for-partners-regulations-2003/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110466330",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-for-partners-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Taking part in an interview",
  "text": "(1) The officer shall determine whether a partner has taken part in an interview.\n(2) A partner shall be regarded as having taken part in an interview if and only if—\n(a) he attends for the interview at the place and time notified to him by the officer; and\n(b) he provides answers (where asked) to questions and appropriate information about—\n(i) the level to which he has pursued any educational qualifications;\n(ii) his employment history;\n(iii) any vocational training he has undertaken;\n(iv) any skills he has acquired which fit him for employment;\n(v) any paid or unpaid employment he is engaged in;\n(vi) any medical condition which, in his opinion, puts him at a disadvantage in obtaining employment; and\n(vii) any caring or childcare responsibilities he has.\n(3) Where an officer determines that a partner has failed to take part in an interview and good cause has not been shown either by the partner or by the claimant for that failure within five working days of the day on which the interview was to take place, a relevant decision shall be made for the purposes of section 2B of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and the partner and the claimant shall be notified accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 2B was inserted by section 57 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and amended by section 53 of, and paragraphs 8 and 9 of Schedule 7 to, and section 54 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110466330/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:25:06.909040+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}