9(1)Section 2B (supplementary provisions about work-focused interviews) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1), after “relevant decisions” there is inserted “made under regulations under section 2A or 2AA”.
(3)In subsection (2), for the words from “is a” to “2A above” there is substituted “, in relation to regulations under section 2A above, is a decision”.
(4)After subsection (2) there is inserted—
“(2A)For the purposes of this section a “relevant decision”, in relation to regulations under section 2AA above, is a decision that—
(a)the partner of a person entitled to a benefit has failed to comply with a requirement to take part in an interview which applied to the partner by virtue of the regulations, or
(b)it has not been shown, within the prescribed period mentioned in section 2AA(4)(f)(ii) above, that the partner had good cause for such a failure.”
(5)In subsections (3), (5)(a) and (9), after “section 2A” there is inserted “or 2AA”.