Regulation 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000

The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 1(4) (citation, commencement and interpretation) after the definition of “officer” add—

• ““pensionable age”, in the case of a man born before 6th April 1955, means the age when a woman born on the same day as the man would attain pensionable age.”.

In regulation 4(1)(a) and (3)(a)^f2 (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply) for “the age of 60” substitute “pensionable age”.

In regulation 8(3)(a) (reduction of income support) for “the age of 60” substitute “pensionable age”.