Application
3.—(1) These Regulations apply to any person who
(a)receives or has received a notice under regulation 23 of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations requiring him to attend an interview to discuss prospects of work to take place on or after the date when these Regulations come into force at an office of the Department for Education and Employment which is identified in the Schedule,
(b)is or was aged 18 or over as at the date on which he receives or received that notice,
(c)has made a claim for jobseeker’s allowance as at the date on which he received that notice and
(d)has or had been receiving benefit for a period of two years as at that date —
(i)without any period of interruption or
(ii)with a period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days
(iii)with a number of periods of interruption none of which exceeded 28 days.
(2) Any period of interruption which did not exceed 28 days shall be taken into account in calculating the period of two years referred to in paragraph (1).