PART 2Universal credit
CHAPTER 2Claimant responsibilities
Work-related requirements: supplementary
Connected requirementsI3I5I728
1
The Department may require a claimant to participate in an interview for any purpose relating to—
a
the imposition of a work-related requirement on the claimant;
b
verifying the claimant's compliance with a work-related requirement;
c
assisting the claimant to comply with a work-related requirement.
2
The Department may specify how, when and where such an interview is to take place.
3
The Department may, for the purpose of verifying the claimant's compliance with a work-related requirement, require a claimant to—
a
provide to the Department information and evidence specified by the Department in a manner so specified;
b
confirm compliance in a manner so specified.
4
The Department may require a claimant to report to the Department any specified changes in the claimant's circumstances which are relevant to—
a
the imposition of work-related requirements on the claimant;
b
the claimant's compliance with a work-related requirement.
Imposition of requirementsI1I4I6I829
1
Regulations may make provision—
a
where the Department may impose a requirement under this Part, as to when the requirement must or must not be imposed;
b
where the Department may specify any action to be taken in relation to a requirement under this Part, as to what action must or must not be specified;
c
where the Department may specify any other matter in relation to a requirement under this Part, as to what must or must not be specified in respect of that matter.
2
Where the Department may impose a work-focused interview requirement, the Department must have regard to such matters as may be prescribed.
3
Where the Department may specify a particular action under Article 21(1) or 22(1)(b), the Department must have regard to such matters as may be prescribed.
4
Where the Department may impose a requirement under this Part, the Department may revoke or change what has been imposed or specified.
5
Where the Department may specify any action to be taken in relation to a requirement imposed under this Part, the Department may revoke or change what has been specified.
6
Notification of a requirement imposed under this Part (or any change to or revocation of such a requirement) is, if not included in the claimant commitment, to be in such manner as the Department may determine.
7
Regulations must make provision to secure that, in prescribed circumstances, where a claimant has recently been a victim of domestic violence—
a
a requirement imposed on that claimant under this Part ceases to have effect for a period of 13 weeks, and
b
the Department may not impose any other requirement under this Part on that claimant during that period.
8
For the purposes of paragraph (7)—
a
“domestic violence” has such meaning as may be prescribed;
b
“victim of domestic violence” means a person on or against whom domestic violence is inflicted or threatened (and regulations under paragraph (7) may prescribe circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a victim of domestic violence);
c
a person has recently been a victim of domestic violence if a prescribed period has not expired since the violence was inflicted or threatened.
Compliance with requirementsI230
Regulations may make provision as to circumstances in which a claimant is to be treated as having—
a
complied with or not complied with any requirement imposed under this Part or any aspect of such a requirement, or
b
taken or not taken any particular action specified by the Department in relation to such a requirement.