Explanatory Notes

Welfare Reform Act 2012

2012 CHAPTER 5

8 March 2012

Commentary on Sections

Part 1: Universal credit

Section 20: Claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only

73.Section 20 sets out the groups of claimants on whom the Secretary of State may only impose a work-focused interview requirement. A claimant will fall into this group if they are the responsible carer of a child who is at least one but below a prescribed age which may not be less than three. Regulations may also specify other descriptions of claimants who would fall into this group.