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PART IIWORK-FOCUSED INTERVIEWS

Exemptions

5.—(1) The following claims for a specified benefit do not give rise to an interview under regulation 4–

(a)claims by persons who at the time the claim is made are engaged in remunerative work;

(b)claims for a specified benefit where the person making the claim is also claiming a jobseeker’s allowance;

(c)claims for a specified benefit where, at the time the claim is made, the person making the claim is entitled to a jobseeker’s allowance;

(d)claims by persons who are not present in, and who do not normally reside in, Great Britain.

(2) The following claims for housing benefit and council tax benefit do not give rise to an interview under regulation 4–

(a)claims made on the expiry of a benefit period;

(b)claims made in consequence of the claimant moving from one dwelling to another within the same local authority area.