{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002/regulation-6.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/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Waiver of requirement to take part in an interview",
  "text": "(1) Except in a case where a requirement is imposed by virtue of regulation 4A(2), a requirement imposed by these Regulations to take part in an interview shall not apply where an officer determines that an interview would not—\n(a) be of assistance to the person concerned; or\n(b) be appropriate in the circumstances.\n(2) A person in relation to whom a requirement to take part in an interview has been waived under paragraph (1) shall be treated for the purposes of—\n(a) regulation 3, 4 or 4ZA; and\n(b) any claim for, or entitlement to, a specified benefit,\nas having complied with that requirement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (28.4.2014) by The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 14(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 6(2)(a) substituted (24.11.2008) by Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3051), regs. 1(2), 8(5) (with reg. 13, Sch. Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in reg. 6(2)(a) substituted (28.4.2014) by The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 14(4)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1703/regulation/6",
    "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."
}