Amendments to the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 20009
1
The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews for Lone Parents) and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 200041 are amended as follows.
2
In regulation 242 (general requirement for lone parents claiming or entitled to income support to take part in an interview)—
a
b
for paragraph (8), substitute—
8
In this regulation, “relevant interview” means an interview under these Regulations in relation to the lone parent’s current award of income support.
3
In regulation 2A(3), omit “or 2B”.
4
Omit—
a
regulation 2B45 (requirement for certain lone parents in certain areas to take part in an interview);
b
regulation 4(4) (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply); and
c
Schedule 3 (areas for the purposes of regulation 2B).
5
In regulation 4(3) (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply), for “2ZA, 2A and 2B” substitute “2ZA and 2A”.
6
In regulation 5(2) (deferment of requirement to take part in an interview), for “2, 2ZA, 2A and 2B” substitute “2, 2ZA and 2A”.
7
In regulation 6(2)(a) (waiver), for “2, 2ZA, 2A and 2B” substitute “2, 2ZA and 2A”.
8
In regulation 7(3)(b) (consequences of a failure to take part in an interview), for “2(3) or (4), 2ZA, 2A or 2B” substitute “2(3) or (4), 2ZA or 2A”.