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Regulation 6 ExemptionF1

Northern Ireland

A partner who, on the day on which the requirement to take part in an interview arises or applies under regulation 2, 2A or 5(2) is—

(a)

in receipt of a specified benefit as a claimant in his own right; or

(b)

a member of a couple, one of whom is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child under the age of one,

is exempt from the requirement to take part in an interview.

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Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 6 substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents and Partners) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/368), regs. 1(1), 4(3)