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6A.—[F2(1) This regulation applies to any person who is required to take part in a work-focused interview in accordance with regulations made under section 2A(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.]
(2) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, where a person takes part in a work-focused interview, the date on which the claim is made shall be–
(a)in a case where–
(i)the claim made by the claimant meets the requirements of regulation 4(1), or
(ii)the claim made by the claimant is for income support and meets the requirements of regulation 4(1A),
the date on which the claim is received in the appropriate office;
(b)in a case where a claim does not meet the requirements of regulation 4(1) but is treated, under regulation 4(7), as having been duly made, the date on which the claim was treated as received in the appropriate office in the first instance;
(c)in a case where–
(i)first notification of intention to claim income support is made to an appropriate office, or
(ii)a claim for income support is received in an appropriate office which does not meet the requirements of regulation 4(1A),
the date of notification or, as the case may be, the date the claim is first received where the properly completed claim form is received within 1 month of notification or the date the claim is first received, or the day on which a properly completed claim form is received where these requirements are not met.
[F3(d)without prejudice to sub-paragraphs (a) and (b), where a properly completed claim for incapacity benefit is received in an appropriate office within one month of the claimant first notifying such an office, by whatever means, of his intention to make that claim, the date of claim shall be the date on which that notification is made or the first day in respect of which the claim is made if later.]
(3) In a case where a decision is made that a person is regarded as not having made a claim for any benefit because he failed to take part in a work-focused interview but subsequently claims such a benefit, in applying paragraph (2) to that claim no regard shall be had to any claim regarded as not having been made in consequence of that decision.
(4) Paragraph (2) shall not apply in any case where a decision has been made that the claimant has failed to take part in a work-focused interview.
[F4(5) In regulation 4 and this regulation, “work-focused interview” means an interview which [F5is conducted for such purposes connected with employment or training as are specified in regulations made under section 2A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992].]]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 6A inserted (3.4.2000) by The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/897), reg. 1, Sch. 5 para. 4 (with reg. 2(5))
F2Reg. 6A(1) substituted (22.10.2001) by The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/3210), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
F3Reg. 6A(2)(d) added (10.4.2006) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/832), regs. 1(2), 2(5)
F4Reg. 6A(5) substituted (30.9.2002) by The Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/1703), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
F5Words in reg. 6A(5) substituted (26.4.2004) by The Social Security (Working Neighbourhoods) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/959), regs. 1, 22(2)
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