# The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001, Regulation 7: Exemptions


(1) 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—
(a) are engaged in remunerative work; or
(b) 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.
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply where—
(a) a joint-claim couple (as defined for the purposes of section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 ) have claimed a jobseeker’s allowance; and
(b) a member of that couple is a person to whom regulation 3D(1)(c) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 (further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3210/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2001/regulation-7
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