{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-for-partners-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-for-partners-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/405",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Partners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-for-partners-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Partner of a person claiming a specified benefit to take part in an interview",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulations 4 to 7, a partner to whom this regulation applies is required to take part in an interview as a condition of the claimant continuing to be paid the full amount of a specified benefit which is payable apart from these Regulations.\n(2) This regulation applies to a partner of a person claiming a specified benefit where—\n(a) the claimant has been continuously entitled to a specified benefit for at least 26 weeks;\n(b) the claimant has been awarded the benefit at a higher rate referable to the partner;\n(c) the benefit is administered from an office of the Department which is designated as a Jobs and Benefits Office, and\n(d) the partner has not taken part or been required to take part in an interview under these Regulations.\n(3) Where a requirement to take part in an interview arises under this regulation in relation to a particular specified benefit, the requirement also applies in relation to any other specified benefit in payment to the claimant at a higher rate referable to his partner on the date set for the interview and notified to the partner in accordance with regulation 8(1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 2, 2A substituted for reg. 2 (28.4.2008) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Partners) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/169), regs. 1(1), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/405/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:01:16.400516+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}