{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1703",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Requirement for person claiming a specified benefit to take part in an interview",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulations 6 to 9, a person who—\n(a) either—\n(i) makes a claim for a relevant benefit, or\n(ii) is entitled to a specified benefit other than a relevant benefit;\n(b) on the day on which he claims a specified benefit, has attained the age of 16 but has not attained the pensionable age; ...\n(c) is not in remunerative work, and\n(d) is not a lone parent who—\n(i) makes a claim for or is entitled to income support; and\n(ii) falls within paragraph 1 (lone parents) of Schedule 1B (prescribed categories of person) to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987.\nis required to take part in an interview.\n(2) An officer shall, except where paragraph (3) applies, conduct the interview.\n(3) An officer may, if he considers it appropriate in all the circumstances, arrange for a person who has not attained the age of 18 to attend an interview with such person as the Secretary of State may specify.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(a) substituted (31.10.2005) by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2727), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (31.10.2005) by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Amendment Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2727), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2010) by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews etc.) (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Amendment Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/563), regs. 1, 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in reg. 3(1)(b) omitted (31.10.2011) by virtue of The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 3(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Reg. 3(1)(d) and preceding word inserted (31.10.2011) by virtue of The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 3(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(3) substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 14(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1703/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:53:39.609799+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}