Amendment of the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999

24.—(1) The Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999(1) shall be amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In paragraph (3) of regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) for the definition of “work-focused interview”(2) there shall be substituted the following definition—

“work-focused interview” means an interview in which a person is required to take part in accordance with regulations made under section 2A or 2AA of the Administration Act;.

(3) In paragraph (2)(h)(ii) of regulation 6 (supersession of decisions)(3) for the words “under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Regulations 2003, ceased to be a partner for the purposes of those Regulations or is no longer a partner to whom those Regulations apply” there shall be substituted the words “in accordance with regulations made under section 2AA of the Administration Act, ceased to be a partner for the purposes of those regulations or is no longer a partner to whom the requirement to take part in a work-focused interview under those regulations applies”.

(4) In paragraph (25)(b) of regulation 7 (date from which a decision superseded under section 10 takes effect)(4)—

(a)for the words “under the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews for Partners) Regulations 2003” there shall be substituted the words “in accordance with regulations made under section 2AA of the Administration Act(5)”;

(b)at head (i) for the words “(as defined in regulation 2(1) of those Regulations)” there shall be substituted the words “(meaning the person who has been awarded a benefit within section 2AA(2) of the Administration Act at a higher rate referable to that partner)”.

(1)

S.I. 1999/991.

(2)

The definition of “work-focused interview” was inserted in regulation 1(3) by S.I. 2000/897 and was amended by S.I. 2002/1703 and 2003/1886.

(3)

Paragraph (2)(h) of regulation 6 was inserted by S.I. 2000/897 and amended by S.I. 2003/1886.

(4)

Paragraph (25) of regulation 7 was inserted by S.I. 2000/897 and substituted by S.I. 2003/1886.

(5)

1992 c. 5. Section 2AA was inserted by section 49 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22).