2.—(1) A relevant claimant is a person who satisfies all of the conditions in paragraphs (2) to (5).
(2) The first condition is that the person is entitled to a specified benefit.
(3) The second condition is that, immediately before these Regulations came into operation, the person—
(a)was a “relevant person” within the meaning of the 2005 Regulations(1);
(b)would have been a “relevant person” within the meaning of the 2005 Regulations if not for the person being 16 or 17 years of age; or
(c)was a “relevant person” within the meaning of the 2001 Regulations, as saved by regulation 15(2) of the 2003 Regulations.
(4) The third condition is that the person has not attained the age of 60 years.
(5) The fourth condition is that, on the day on which the requirement to take part in a work-focused interview would have arisen, the person is not treated as incapable of work in accordance with regulation 10 of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(2) (certain persons with a severe condition to be treated as incapable of work).
The definition of “relevant person” was substituted by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 167 and amended by regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2006 No. 398 and regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2007 No. 129
S.R. 1995 No. 41; regulation 10 was amended by regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1995 No. 149, regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 601 and regulation 3 of S.R. 1997 No. 174