{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-working-neighbourhoods-regulations-2004/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-working-neighbourhoods-regulations-2004/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/959",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Working Neighbourhoods) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-working-neighbourhoods-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.\n(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) for the definition of “work-focused interview” there shall be substituted the following definition—\n““work-focused interview” means an interview in which a person is required to take part in accordance with regulations made under section 2A or 2AA of the Administration Act;”.\n(3) In paragraph (2)(h)(ii) of regulation 6 (supersession of decisions) for the words “under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Regulations 2003, ceased to be a partner for the purposes of those Regulations or is no longer a partner to whom those Regulations apply” there shall be substituted the words “ in accordance with regulations made under section 2AA of the Administration Act, ceased to be a partner for the purposes of those regulations or is no longer a partner to whom the requirement to take part in a work-focused interview under those regulations applies ”.\n(4) In paragraph (25)(b) of regulation 7 (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect) —\n(a) for the words “under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Regulations 2003” there shall be substituted the words “ in accordance with regulations made under section 2AA of the Administration Act ”;\n(b) at head (i) for the words “(as defined in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations)” there shall be substituted the words “ (meaning the person who has been awarded a benefit within section 2AA(2) of the Administration Act at a higher rate referable to that partner) ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/991."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "The definition of “work-focused interview” was inserted in regulation 1(3) by S.I. 2000/897 and was amended by S.I. 2002/1703 and 2003/1886."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "Paragraph (2)(h) of regulation 6 was inserted by S.I. 2000/897 and amended by S.I. 2003/1886."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Paragraph (25) of regulation 7 was inserted by S.I. 2000/897 and substituted by S.I. 2003/1886."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Section 2AA was inserted by section 49 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/959/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:28:15.664425+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."
}