{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-act-2016/section-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/7",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-act-2016",
  "path": "section/17",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Universal credit: work-related requirements",
  "text": "(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (claimant responsibilities)—\n(a) in section 20(1)(a) (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), for the words from “at least 1” to “3)” substitute “ 1 ”;\n(b) in section 21(1) (claimants subject to work preparation requirement), after paragraph (a) (but before the “or” immediately after it) insert—\n“(aa) the claimant is the responsible carer for a child who is aged 2,”;\n(c) omit section 21(5) (claimants of prescribed description to include responsible carers of children aged 3 or 4).\n(2) In the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376)—\n(a) in regulation 91 (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), omit paragraph (1);\n(b) regulation 91A (claimants subject to work preparation requirement) is revoked.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 17 in force at 3.4.2017 by S.I. 2017/111, reg. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/7/section/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:30.502709+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."
}