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(1)This Chapter provides for the Secretary of State to impose work-related requirements with which claimants must comply for the purposes of this Part.
(2)In this Part “ ” means—
(a)a work-focused interview requirement (see section 15);
(b)a work preparation requirement (see section 16);
(c)a work search requirement (see section 17);
(d)a work availability requirement (see section 18).
(3)The work-related requirements which may be imposed on a claimant depend on which of the following groups the claimant falls into—
(a)no work-related requirements (see section 19);
(b)work-focused interview requirement only (see section 20);
(c)work-focused interview and work preparation requirements only (see section 21);
(d)all work-related requirements (see section 22).
(1)A claimant commitment is a record of a claimant’s responsibilities in relation to an award of universal credit.
(2)A claimant commitment is to be prepared by the Secretary of State and may be reviewed and updated as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(3)A claimant commitment is to be in such form as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(4)A claimant commitment is to include—
(a)a record of the requirements that the claimant must comply with under this Part (or such of them as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to include),
(b)any prescribed information, and
(c)any other information the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to include.
(5)For the purposes of this Part a claimant accepts a claimant commitment if, and only if, the claimant accepts the most up-to-date version of it in such manner as may be prescribed.
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