The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008

Amendment of the Lone Parents Regulations from the day after the day on which these Regulations are made

5.—(1) The Lone Parents Regulations are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (general requirement for lone parents claiming or entitled to income support to take part in an interview)(1), after “regulations” insert “2ZA,”.

(3) After regulation 2 insert—

“Requirement for certain lone parents to take part in an interview

2ZA.— (1) This regulation applies to a lone parent if—

(a) he is entitled to income support and is a person to whom paragraph 1 (lone parents) of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 applies;

(b) no other paragraph of that Schedule applies to him; and

(c) he is responsible for and living in the same household as—

(i) a single child aged 9, 10 or 11, or

(ii) more than one child where the youngest is aged 9, 10 or 11.

(2) Subject to regulations 4 to 6, a lone parent to whom this regulation applies is required to take part in an interview every 13 weeks after he—

(a) last took part,

(b) last failed to take part, or

(c) was last treated as having taken part,

in an interview.

(3) A lone parent who—

(a) is required to take part in an interview under this regulation, or

(b) has had a requirement to take part in an interview under this regulation waived or deferred,

is not required to take part in an interview under regulation 2 unless this regulation ceases to apply to him.”.

(4) In regulation 4 (circumstances where requirement to take part in an interview does not apply)(2)—

(a) in paragraph (3) for “2A and 2B” substitute “2ZA, 2A and 2B”;

(b) in paragraph (4), at the end add “, under regulation 2ZA of these Regulations or regulation 4A of the Social Security (Jobcentre Plus Interviews) Regulations 2002”.

(5) In regulations 5(2) (deferment of requirement to take part in an interview)(3) and 6(2)(a)(waiver), for “2, 2A and 2B” substitute “2, 2ZA, 2A and 2B”.

(6) In regulation 7(3)(b) (consequences of failure to take part in an interview)(4), after “2(3) or (4),” insert “2ZA,”.

(1)

Regulation 2 was substituted by 2007/1034.

(2)

Regulation 4 was substituted by S.I. 2005/2727 and amended by S.I.s. 2006/909 and 2007/1034.

(3)

Regulation 5 was amended by S.I s. 2001/1189, 2005/2727 and 2007/1034.

(4)

Regulation 7 was amended by S.I s. 2005/2727 and 2007/1034.