PART IIWORK-FOCUSED INTERVIEWS
Continuing entitlement dependent upon an interview6
1
A relevant person who has not attained the age of 60 and who is entitled to a specified benefit shall be required to take part in an interview as a condition of his continuing to be entitled to the full amount of benefit which is payable apart from these Regulations where paragraph (2) applies and–
a
in the case of a lone parent who is not entitled to either incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance, any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) apply; or
b
in any other case, any of the circumstances specified in paragraph (4) apply.
2
This paragraph applies in the case of a person who has taken part in a work-focused interview, or who would have taken part in such an interview but for the requirement being waived in accordance with regulation 7 or deferred in accordance with regulation 8.
3
The circumstances specified in this paragraph are that the lone parent–
a
has been entitled to a specified benefit for more than a year except where one of the benefits to which the person was entitled during the previous 12 months was incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance; and
b
has not taken part in an interview for at least a year.
4
The circumstances specified in this paragraph are those where–
F1a
it is determined in accordance with a personal capability assessment that a person is incapable of work;
b
a person’s entitlement to an invalid care allowance ceases whilst entitlement to another specified benefit continues;
c
a person becomes engaged or ceases to be engaged in part-time work;
d
a person has been undergoing education or training arranged by a personal adviser and that education or training comes to an end; and
e
a person who has not attained the age of 18 and who has previously undertaken an interview attains the age of 18.
5
In this regulation–
“lone parent" means a person who has no partner and who is responsible for, and a member of the same household as, a child;
“personal capability assessment" means an assessment in accordance with regulations made under section 171C of the Contributions and Benefits Act M1.