# The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002, Regulation 8: Exemptions

Extent: E+W+S

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), persons who, on the day on which the claim for a specified benefit is made or the requirement to take part in an interview under regulation 4 or 4A or 7(2) arises or applies—
(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.
(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.
(3) A person who, on the day on which the claim for a specified benefit is made or the requirement to take part in an interview under regulation 4 or 7(2) arises or applies is—
(a) required to take part in an interview; or
(b) not required to take part in an interview by virtue of—
(i) a waiver of a requirement; or
(ii) a deferment of an interview,
under the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2008 ... shall be exempt from the requirement to take part in an interview.
(4) The requirement to take part in an interview under regulations 3, 4, 4ZA, 4A or 7(2) does not apply to a lone parent who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1703/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-jobcentre-plus-interviews-regulations-2002/regulation-8
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