# The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000, Regulation 6: Continuing entitlement dependent upon an interview


(1) A relevant person who has not attained the age of 60 and who is entitled to a specified benefit shall be required to take part in an interview as a condition of his continuing to be entitled to the full amount of benefit which is payable apart from these Regulations where paragraph (2) applies and–
(a) in the case of a lone parent who is not entitled to either incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) apply; or
(b) in any other case, any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (4) apply.
(2) This paragraph applies in the case of a person who has taken part in a work-focused interview, or who would have taken part in such an interview but for the requirement being waived in accordance with regulation 7 or deferred in accordance with regulation 8.
(3) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are that the lone parent–
(a) has been entitled to a specified benefit for more than a year except where one of the benefits to which the person was entitled during the previous 12 months was incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance; and
(b) has not taken part in an interview for at least a year.
(4) The circumstances specified in this paragraph are those where–
(a) a person is entitled to incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance following a personal capability assessment;
(b) a person’s entitlement to an invalid care allowance ceases whilst entitlement to another specified benefit continues;
(c) a person becomes engaged or ceases to be engaged in part-time work;
(d) a person has been undergoing education or training arranged by a personal adviser and that education or training comes to an end; and
(e) a person who has not attained the age of 18 and who has previously undertaken an interview attains the age of 18.
(5) In this regulation–
“lone parent” means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child;
“personal capability assessment” means an assessment in accordance with regulations made under section 171C of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110987322/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-2000/regulation-6
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