# The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015, Article 20: Work-focused interview requirement


(1) In this Part a “work-focused interview requirement” is a requirement that a claimant participate in one or more work-focused interviews as specified by the Department.
(2) A work-focused interview is an interview for prescribed purposes relating to work or work preparation.
(3) The purposes which may be prescribed under paragraph (2) include in particular that of making it more likely in the opinion of the Department that the claimant will obtain paid work (or more paid work or better-paid work).
(4) The Department may specify how, when and where a work-focused interview is to take place.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111141236/article/20 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-20
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