# The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations 2011, 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 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation)—
(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 if references in those regulations to income support were to a specified benefit.”.
(3) In regulation 3 (relevant claimant), 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.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2428/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-for-lone-parents-and-partners-amendment-regulations-2011/regulation-6
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