Regulation 7 Exemptions
Subject to paragraph (2), persons who, as at the date on which the claim for a specified benefit is made or the requirement to take part in an interview under regulation 4 arises—
are engaged in remunerative work; or
are claiming, or are entitled to, a jobseeker’s allowance,
shall be exempt from the requirement to take part in an interview in accordance with regulation 3 or 4.
Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply where—
a joint-claim couple (as defined for the purposes of section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 M1) have claimed a jobseeker’s allowance; and
a member of that couple is a person to whom regulation 3D(1)(c) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 M2 (further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) applies.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 7 revoked (30.9.2002) by Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1703), reg. 1, Sch. 1 (with reg. 16(2)(3))
Marginal citations
- M1
1995 c. 18; the definition of “joint-claim couple” was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, section 59 and Schedule 7, paragraph 2(4)(b).
- M2
S.I. 1996/207; regulation 3D was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and amended by S.I. 2001/518.