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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations.)\nThese Regulations make provision for the introduction of work-focused interviews in the postcode districts specified in Schedule 1.\nPart I of these Regulations contains general provisions relating to their citation, commencement and interpretation (regulations 1 and 2). They also provide for the Regulations to apply in certain areas only.\nPart II relates to the work-focused interview. Regulation 3 specifies those persons claiming social security benefits who are required to take part in a work-focused interview. Regulation 4 specifies a number of exemptions. Regulation 5 specifies circumstances in which a claimant’s continuing entitlement to the full amount of benefit is to be dependent upon his taking part in a work-focused interview.\nRegulations 6 and 7 contain provisions as to waiver and deferment. Regulation 8 specifies when a requirement to take part in two or more work-focused interviews is satisfied by the person taking part in a single interview.\nRegulation 10 sets out the requirements for taking part in a work-focused interview and regulation 11 details the consequences of a failure to take part in the interview. Regulation 12 specifies circumstances where those consequences do not apply. Regulation 13 specifies the matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person had good cause for his failure to take part in an interview.\nRegulation 14 provides a right of appeal against a decision that a person did not take part in a work-focused interview.\nRegulation 15 and Schedules 2 to 4 contain amendments consequential upon these changes.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/176/note",
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  "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."
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