Regulation 8 Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2008

The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2008^f1 are amended as follows.

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “benefit week” insert—

• ““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 3(4) (relevant claimant) for “the age of 60 years” substitute “pensionable age”.

In regulation 9(11)(c) (consequences of failure to take part in a work-focused interview) for “the age of 60” substitute “pensionable age”.