# The Income Support (Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1996, Regulation 4: Requirement to participate in Project Work


(1) Subject to paragraph (3) and except where the relevant person’s failure to participate in Project Work is attributable to the circumstances specified in regulation 6(2), a relevant person shall be required to participate in Project Work for the period specified in paragraph (4) where—
(a) he has attended an employment interview (other than a first employment interview) on or after the date these Regulations come into force; and
(b) at that interview, he was given a notice in writing advising him that if he failed to participate in Project Work, he would be liable to be not treated as available for employment for the purpose of entitlement to income support.
(2) The requirement in paragraph (1) to participate in Project Work shall apply from the date specified in the notice referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph.
(3) Paragraph (1) shall not apply in the case of a person—
(a) for whom there is no place available on Project Work; or
(b) who has already participated in Project Work for the period specified in paragraph (4).
(4) The specified period is—
(a) one continuous period of 13 weeks; or
(b) two or more periods amounting in total to 13 weeks.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1252/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-pilot-scheme-regulations-1996/regulation-4
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