Regulation 2 Requirement for person claiming a specified benefit to take part in an interviewI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg. 2(1)(b) words substituted by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews etc.) (Equalisation of State Pension Age) 2011 reg. 5(3)
reg. 2 coming into force by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) 2003 reg. 1(1)
reg. 2(1)(a) substituted by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews Amendment) 2005 reg. 2(3)(a)
reg. 2(1)(b) words substituted by Social Security (Work-focused Interviews Amendment) 2005 reg. 2(3)(b)

(1)

Subject to regulations 5 to 8, a person who –

(a)

makes a claim for a specified benefit;

(b)

on the day on which he makes that claim, has attained the age of 16 but has not attained the age of 60, and

(c)

is not in remunerative work,

is required to take part in an interview.

(2)

An officer shall, except where paragraph (3) applies, conduct the interview.

(3)

An officer may, if he considers it appropriate in all the circumstances, arrange for a person who has not attained the age of 18 to attend an interview with the Careers Service.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 2 in operation at 30.6.2003, see reg. 1(1)