Paragraph 2

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 shall be amended in accordance with the following sub-paragraphs.

(2)

~~F1For the definition of “the Careers Service” in regulation 2(1) there shall be substituted the following definition—~~

“~~the Careers Service means—~~
(a)
in England and Wales, a person with whom the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the National Assembly for Wales, have made arrangements under section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or a local education authority to whom a direction has been given by the Secretary of State or the Natonal Assembly for Wales under section 10(2) of that Act;
(b)
in Scotland, a person with whom the Scottish Ministers have made arrangements under section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 or any education authority to whom a direction has been given by the Scottish Ministers under section 10(2) of that Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 6 (continuing entitlement dependent upon an interview)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (a)—

(aa)

after the words “lone parent who” there shall be inserted the words “ resides in an area identified in Schedule 1A and who ”;

(bb)

for the words “any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) apply” there shall be substituted the words “ paragraph (3) applies ”;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (b), there shall be added the words “ or where paragraph (4A) applies ”;

(b)

for paragraph (3) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(3)
A lone parent to whom paragraph (1)(a) applies shall be required to take part in an interview—
(a)
after the expiry of six months from the date on which—
(i)
he took part in an interview under regulation 4; or
(ii)
a determination was made under regulation 7(1) that he was to be treated as having taken part in an interview under regulation 4;
(b)
where the lone parent took part, failed to take part or was treated as having taken part, in an interview pursuant to the requirement arising in sub-paragraph (a), after the expiry of six months from the date on which—
(i)
he took part in that interview;
(ii)
he failed to take part in that interview; or
(iii)
a determination was made under regulation 7(1) that he was to be treated as having taken part in that interview; and
(c)
where the lone parent took part, failed to take part or was treated as having taken part, in an interview pursuant to the requirement arising in sub-paragraph (b), after the expiry of twelve months from the date on which—
(i)
he last took part in an interview;
(ii)
he last failed to take part in an interview; or
(iii)
a determination was last made under regulation 7(1) that he was to be treated as having taken part in an interview.”;

(c)

at the end of paragraph (4)(a) M1, there shall be added the words “ and therefore, continues to be entitled to a specified benefit ”;

(d)

after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(4A)
A requirement to take part in an interview arises under this paragraph where a person—
(a)
resides in an area identified in Schedule 1A; and
(b)
has not been required to take part in an interview by virtue of paragraph (4) for at least 36 months.”.

(4)

In paragraph (d) of Schedule 1 (areas in which “relevant persons” reside), for “HD1 to HD8” there shall be substituted “ HD1 to HD9 ”.

(5)

After Schedule 1 there shall be inserted the following Schedule—

“SCHEDULE 1A
AREAS IN WHICH PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO THE REPEAT INTERVIEW REQUIREMENT IN REGULATION 6(3) OR (4A) RESIDE
Regulation 6(1)(a) and (4A)
CM1 to CM6.
HD1 to HD9.
HX1 to HX8.
OL14.
PA11 but only the following parts:
3QT, 3QX, 3QY, 3QZ, 3RX, 3RZ, 3SD, 3SF, 3SJ, 3SL, 3SQ, 3SW, 3SX, 3SY,
PA13 to PA16, PA18 and PA19.
SS0 to SS6,
SS11 but only the following parts:
7BE, 7BG, 7BH, 7BJ, 7BL, 7BN, 7BP, 7BQ, 7BS, 7BW,
7DA, 7DB, 7DN, 7DP, 7DR, 7DT, 7DW, 7DX, 7DY,
7EE, 7EP, 7ES, 7ET, 7EU, 7EX, 7EY,
7HA, 7HB, 7HP, 7HS, 7HT, 7HU, 7HX, 7HY, 7HZ,
7JA, 7JB, 7JE, 7JF, 7JG, 7JQ,
7LN, 7LP, 7LR, 7LS, 7LW, 7LX, 7LY, 7LZ,
7NA, 7NB, 7ND, 7NJ, 7NP, 7NR, 7NS, 7NU, 7NW, 7NX,
7PA, 7PB, 7PD, 7PE, 7PN, 7PP, 7PR, 7PS, 7PT, 7PU, 7PX, 7PY,7PZ,
7QA, 7QB, 7QD, 7QF, 7QG, 7QH.
SS12.
WF12 to WF17.”.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 2 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: Regulation 6(4)(a) was substituted by S.I. 2000/1926, regulation 10 and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2.