Exemptions8
1
Subject to paragraph (2), persons who, on the day on which the claim for a specified benefit is made or the requirement to take part in an interview under regulation 4 or 7(2) arises or applies—
a
are engaged in remunerative work; or
b
are claiming, or are entitled to, a jobseeker’s allowance,
shall be exempt from the requirement to take part in an interview.
2
Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply where—
a
a joint-claim couple (as defined for the purposes of section 1(4) of the Jobseekers Act 199514) have claimed a jobseeker’s allowance; and
b
a member of that couple is a person to whom regulation 3D(1)(c) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 199615 (further circumstances in which a joint-claim couple may be entitled to a joint-claim jobseeker’s allowance) applies.