# The Social Security (Joint Claims: Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000


In regulation 5 of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 (exemptions)—
(a) in paragraph (1), at the beginning of both sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), there shall be inserted the words “ except in a case to which paragraph (1A) applies, ”;
(b) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—
“(1A) Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(b) and (c), a claim for a specified benefit shall give rise to an interview under regulation 4 where—
(a) at the time the claim is made, the person making the claim is a member of a joint-claim couple as defined for the purposes of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 ; and
(b) it has been decided that that person is a person to whom a paragraph of Schedule A1 to those Regulations applies (categories of members of joint-claim couples who are not required to satisfy the conditions in section 1(2B)(b) of the Jobseekers Act 1995).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1982/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-joint-claims-consequential-amendments-regulations-2000/regulation-3
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