Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^f1;

• “benefit” means income support, unemployment benefit or any earnings credited to a person in respect of a week of unemployment pursuant to regulation 9(1) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975^f2 or, if income support is received in respect of the same benefit week as unemployment benefit, both of those benefits and “receiving benefit” means receiving benefit which that person has claimed and received as an unemployed person;

• “benefit week” has the same meaning as in paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Claims and Payments Regulations;

• “employment interview” means an interview in respect of which a relevant person has received written notice, requesting him to report at a specific time, place and date to an employment officer for an interview in connection with that person’s prospects of employment and “first employment interview” means the first employment interview attended by the relevant person on or after 9th April 1996;

• “employment officer” means a person who is an employment officer for the purposes of section 9 or 10 of the Jobseekers Act 1995;

• “Project Work” means the programme provided in pursuance of arrangements made by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973^f3 and known as Project Work;

• “relevant person” means a person to whom regulation 3 applies.

 In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference—