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2.—(1) In these Regulations–
“the Act" means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;
“the 1998 Act" means the Social Security Act 1998 M1;
“benefit week"–
in relation to housing benefit and council tax benefit, means a period of 7 days beginning on a Monday;
in relation to any other specified benefit, means any period of 7 days corresponding to the week in respect of which the relevant social security benefit is due to be paid;
“the designated authority" means any of the following–
the Secretary of State;
a person providing services to the Secretary of State;
a local authority;
a person providing services to, or authorised to exercise any functions of, any such authority;
“the Careers Service" means a person of any description with whom the Secretary of State has made an arrangement under section 10(1) of the Employment and Training Act 1973 M2 and any person to whom he has given a direction under section 10(2) of that Act;
“the Council Tax Benefit Regulations" means the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 M3;
“the Claims and Payments Regulations" means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M4;
“the Housing Benefit Regulations" means the Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987 M5;
“interview" means a work-focused interview;
“specified benefit" means a benefit other than widow’s payment to which section 2A of the Administration Act applies by virtue of subsection (2) of that section;
“work-focused interview" has the meaning given in regulation 3.
(2) In these Regulations, a “relevant person" is a person who resides in an area identified in Schedule 1.
(3) For the purposes of these Regulations–
(a)“remunerative work" has the meaning prescribed in regulation 4 of the Housing Benefit Regulations; and
(b)“part-time work" means work for which payment is made and which is not remunerative work.
(4) Where a claim for benefit is made by a person (“the appointee") on behalf of another, references in these Regulations to a person claiming benefit shall be treated as a reference to the person on whose behalf the claim is made and not to the appointee.
(5) These Regulations apply in respect of a specified benefit claimed on or after 3rd April 2000.
(6) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference–
(a)to a numbered section is to the section of the Act bearing that number;
(b)to a numbered regulation or Schedule is to the regulation in or Schedule to these Regulations bearing that number;
(c)in a regulation or Schedule to a numbered paragraph is to the paragraph in that regulation or Schedule bearing that number;
(d)in a paragraph to a lettered or numbered sub-paragraph is to the sub-paragraph in that paragraph bearing that letter or number.
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M21973 c. 50; section 10 was inserted by section 45 of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19).
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