The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002

Regulation 16(1)

SCHEDULE 1 REVOCATIONS

Regulations	Extent of revocation
The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000	Regulation 2 save for the words “In these Regulations—” and the definitions of “the Council Tax Benefit Regulations”, “the Claims and Payments Regulations” and “the Housing Benefit Regulations” in paragraph (1); regulations 3 to 15; regulation 16(1) and (2); Schedules 1 to 3; In Schedule 6, paragraphs 2(c) and 3(b).
The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001	Regulation 2 save for paragraph (6)(c); regulations 3 to 14; In regulation 15, the words “, the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000”; Schedule 1; paragraph 2 of Schedule 2.

Regulation 17

SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS

1.  For regulation 6A(5) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987(1) (claims by persons subject to work-focused interviews) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(5) In regulation 4 and this regulation, “work-focused interview” means an interview which a person is required to take part in under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002.”.

2.  In the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987(2)—

(a) in regulation 71(7) (who may claim), for the words from the beginning to the word “refers” there shall be substituted the words “Where the claim is made at an office displaying the ONE logo”;

(b) in regulation 72(4) (time and manner in which claims are to be made)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (d), for the words “and is neither engaged in remunerative work nor residing in an area identified in Schedule 1 to the Work-focused Interviews Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “and is not engaged in remunerative work”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (e), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(e) may be sent or delivered, where the claimant has attained the age of 16 but not the age of 60, to the office of a designated authority displaying the ONE logo.”.

3.  For the definition of “designated authority” in regulation 1(2) of the Child Support (Maintenance Assessment Procedure) Regulations 1992(3), there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““designated authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State;

  (b)

  a person providing services to the Secretary of State;

  (c)

  a local authority;

  (d)

  a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any functions of, any such authority;”.

4.  In regulation 62(4) of the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992(4) (time and manner in which claims are to be made)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (d), for the words “and is neither engaged in remunerative work nor residing in an area identified in Schedule 1 to the Work-focused Interviews Regulations”, there shall be substituted the words “and is not engaged in remunerative work”;

(b) for sub-paragraph (e), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(e) may be sent or delivered, where the claimant has attained the age of 16 but not the age of 60, to the office of a designated authority displaying the ONE logo.”.

5.  For the definition of “designated authority” in regulation 1(2) of the Child Support Departure Direction and Consequential Amendments Regulations 1996(5), there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““designated authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State;

  (b)

  a person providing services to the Secretary of State;

  (c)

  a local authority; or

  (d)

  a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any functions of, any such authority;”.

6.  In the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999(6)—

(a) in regulation 1(3) (interpretation)—

(i) for the definition of “designated authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

• ““designated authority” means—

  (a)

  the Secretary of State;

  (b)

  a person providing services to the Secretary of State;

  (c)

  a local authority;

  (d)

  a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any functions of, any such authority;”;

(ii) for the definition of “work-focused interview”, there shall be substituted the following definition—

““work-focused interview” means an interview which a person is required to take part in under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002;”;

(iii) the definition of “the Work-focused Interviews Regulations” shall be omitted;

(b) in regulation 3(11) (revision of decisions), for sub-paragraph (f) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

“(f) in the case of a person who is, or would be, required to take part in a work-focused interview, an office of the Department for Work and Pensions which is designated by the Secretary of State as a Jobcentre Plus Office or an office of a designated authority which displays the ONE logo.”.

7.  At the end of regulation 4(d) of the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2000(7) (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply) there shall be added the words “or the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002”.

8.  In the Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2001(8)—

(a) in regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—

(i) the definitions of “designated authority”, “work-focused interview” and of “the Work-focused Interviews Regulations” shall be omitted;

(ii) in the definition of “official error”, paragraph (c) shall be omitted;

(b) in regulation 4(8) (revision of decisions), the words from “or, in a case” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted;

(c) in regulation 5(3)(c) (late application for a revision), the words from “or, in a case” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted;

(d) in regulation 7 (decisions superseding earlier decisions)—

(i) paragraph (2)(f) shall be omitted;

(ii) in paragraph (7), the words from “or, in a case” to the end of the paragraph shall be omitted;

(e) in regulation 20(1)(c) (making of appeals and applications), the words from “, or in a case” to the end of the sub-paragraph shall be omitted.

(1)

S.I. 1987/1968; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/897.

(2)

S.I. 1987/1971; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/897.

(3)

S.I. 1992/1813; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/1047 and 2000/897.

(4)

S.I. 1992/1814; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/897.

(5)

S.I. 1996/2907; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1999/1047 and 2000/897.

(6)

S.I. 1999/991; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2000/897.

(7)

S.I. 2000/1926; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2001/3210.

(8)

S.I. 2001/1002.