Regulation 2ZA Requirement for certain lone parents to take part in an interviewF1
England, Wales and Scotland
This regulation applies to a lone parent if—
he is entitled to income support and is a person to whom paragraph 1 (lone parents) of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 applies; F2and
no other paragraph of that Schedule applies to him; F3...
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Subject to regulations 4 and 5, a lone parent to whom this regulation applies is required to take part in one or more interviews as a condition of continuing to be entitled to the full amount of benefit which is payable to him apart from these Regulations.
A lone parent who—
is required to take part in F5a relevant interview under this regulation, or
has had a requirement to take part in a relevant interview under this regulation F6 ... deferred,
is not required to take part in an interview under regulation 2 unless this regulation ceases to apply to him.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 2ZA inserted (24.11.2008) by Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/3051), regs. 1(2), 5(3) (with reg. 13, Sch. Pt. 1)
- F2
Word in reg. 2ZA(1) inserted (28.4.2014) by The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(a)(i)
- F3
Reg. 2ZA(1)(c) omitted (28.4.2014) by virtue of The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(a)(ii)
- F4
Reg. 2ZA(2) substituted (28.4.2014) by The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(b)
- F5
Words in reg. 2ZA(3) substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2428), regs. 1, 2(4)(b)
- F6
Words in reg. 2ZA(3)(b) omitted (28.4.2014) by virtue of The Income Support (Work-Related Activity) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1097), regs. 1(1), 13(2)(c)