Part IIWork-focused Interviews

Waiver6

1

A requirement to take part in an interview imposed by these Regulations shall not apply where an officer of the Department or of the Department of Higher and Further Education, Training and Employment determines in the case of any particular person making a claim that the interview—

a

would not be of assistance to that person, or

b

would not be appropriate in the circumstances of that case.

2

A person in relation to whom the requirement to take part in an interview has been waived shall be treated for the purposes of any claim for or entitlement to a specified benefit as having complied with that requirement.