# The Income Support (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1996, Regulation 3: Application


(1) These Regulations shall apply to any person who—
(a) receives, or has received, a written request to attend an employment interview to take place on or after 9th April 1996 at an appropriate office and is, or was, aged 18 or over but under 51 as at the date upon which he receives or received that written request; and
(b) is, or was, receiving income support as at the date upon which he receives or received the written request referred to in sub-paragraph (a) and has, or had been, receiving benefit for a period of not less than two years as at that date—
(i) without any period of interruption; or
(ii) with a period of interruption which did not exceed 14 days; or
(iii) with a number of periods of interruption, none of which exceeded 14 days; and
(c) attends an appropriate office, or is required to attend such an office at any time during the period no earlier than 13 weeks following the date upon which he attended a first employment interview but no later than 26 weeks following that date.
(2) In this regulation, “appropriate office” means an office of the Department for Education and Employment which is identified in the Schedule to these Regulations and at which the person to whom paragraph (1) applies is required to attend in accordance with a direction given pursuant to regulation 8 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (attendance in person).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1252/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-pilot-scheme-regulations-1996/regulation-3
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