C1C4C2C3C5C6C7Part 1Universal credit
Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/622), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Citizens' Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1302), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) (Citizens' Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1303), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Pt. 1 modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1597), arts. 1, 2(1)(2), Sch. (with art. 2(3))
Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1088), art. 2(1)-(3), Sch.
Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1060), art. 2, Sch.
C1CHAPTER 2Claimant responsibilities
Work-related requirements: supplementary
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The Secretary of State 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 Secretary of State may specify how, when and where such an interview is to take place.
3
The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of verifying the claimant's compliance with a work-related requirement, require a claimant to—
a
provide to the Secretary of State information and evidence specified by the Secretary of State in a manner so specified;
b
confirm compliance in a manner so specified.
4
The Secretary of State may require a claimant to report to the Secretary of State any specified changes in their 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.
24C1Imposition of requirements
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Regulations may make provision—
a
where the Secretary of State may impose a requirement under this Part, as to when the requirement must or must not be imposed;
b
where the Secretary of State 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 Secretary of State 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.
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Where the Secretary of State may impose a work-focused interview requirement, or specify a particular action under section 16(1) or 17(1)(b), the Secretary of State must have regard to such matters as may be prescribed.
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Where the Secretary of State may impose a requirement under this Part, or specify any action to be taken in relation to such a requirement, the Secretary of State may revoke or change what has been imposed or specified.
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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 Secretary of State may determine.
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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 Secretary of State may not impose any other requirement under this Part on that claimant during that period.
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For the purposes of subsection (5)—
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 subsection (5) 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.
I225Compliance with requirements
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 Secretary of State in relation to such a requirement.
Pt. 1 modified by 1995 c. 18, Sch. 1 para. 2(3) (as inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Consequential, Supplementary, Incidental and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/630), regs. 1(2), 10(b))