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Regulation 56 Notification of interview

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Secretary of State must notify the claimant of the requirement to F1take part in the work-focused interview including details of the date, time and F2if required to attend in person, the place of the interview.

(2)

A work-focused interview may take place at a claimant's home if it is determined that requiring the claimant to attend elsewhere would cause undue inconvenience to, or endanger the health of, the claimant.

(3)

The notification referred to in paragraph (1) may be in writing or otherwise.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 56(1) substituted (1.6.2011) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1349), regs. 1, 12(a)

F2

Words in reg. 56(1) inserted (1.6.2011) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1349), regs. 1, 12(b)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

Section 3(3) is cited for the power to prescribe a payment under paragraph (b) of the definition of “pension payment”.

F2

Section 22 is cited insofar as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 3, 6, 7, 8(1), 9 and 10 of Schedule 2.

F3

Section 24(1) is cited for the definition of “employment” and “employed”, “period of limited capability for work”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “week”.

F4

Paragraph 6(5) of Schedule 1 is cited for the definition of “couple”, “education” and “remunerative work”.

F5

2007 c. 5.

F6

1992 c. 5.

F7

1998 c. 14.