Regulation 6 Amendment of the Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2008

(1)

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

(2)

In regulation 2 (interpretation)^f2—

(a)

in paragraph (1), after the definition of “benefit week”, insert—

““lone parent” has the meaning it bears in section 24(3A) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;”; and

(b)

after paragraph (2), insert—

“(3)
For the purposes of section 2A(2A) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and regulation 3(6), a lone parent is to be treated as responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one only where the lone parent would be treated as responsible for and a member of the same household as such a child under regulations 15 and 16 of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987^f3 if references in those regulations to income support were to a specified benefit.”.

(3)

In regulation 3 (relevant claimant)^f4, after paragraph (5) insert—

“(6)
The fifth condition is that the person is not a lone parent who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2008/2928.
f2: Regulation 2 has been amended but not in a way which is material to these Regulations.
f3: S.I. 1987/1967.
f4: Regulation 3 was amended by S.I. 2009/1541, regulation 1(1) and S.I. 2010/563, regulation 8(1) and (3).