Regulation 5 Waiver of requirement 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:

(1)

A requirement imposed by these Regulations to take part in an interview shall not apply where an officer determines that an interview would not –

(a)

be of assistance to the person concerned, or

(b)

be appropriate in the circumstances.

(2)

A person in relation to whom a requirement to take part in an interview has been waived under paragraph (1) shall be treated for the purposes of –

(a)

regulation 2 or 3, and

(b)

any claim for, or entitlement to, a specified benefit,

as having complied with that requirement.

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