The Social Security (Incapacity Benefit Work-focused Interviews) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2005

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(a) for the definition of "relevant person" there is substituted—

" "relevant person" means—
(a) a person to whom paragraph (b) does not apply and who—


(i) resides in an area identified in—


(aa) Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations and who makes a claim for a specified benefit on or after 27th October 2003,

(bb) Part 2 of that Schedule and who makes such a claim on or after 5th April 2004,

(cc) Part 3 of that Schedule and who makes such a claim on or after 31st October 2005,

(dd) Part 4 of that Schedule and who makes such a claim on or after 24th April 2006, or

(ee) Part 5 of that Schedule and who makes such a claim on or after 30th October 2006; or



(ii) resides in an area identified in—



(aa) Part 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations and who made a claim for a specified benefit on or after 27th October 2001 but before 27th October 2003, or

(bb) Part 2 of that Schedule and who made such a claim on or after 5th April 2002 but before 5th April 2004,



and who is entitled to a specified benefit under that claim; or



(b) a person who would fall within both heads (i) and (ii) of paragraph (a) and who—



(i) does not make a claim for a specified benefit on or after 7th February 2005, or

(ii) makes a claim for a specified benefit on or after 7th February 2005;"; and



(b) for paragraphs (c) and (ca) of the definition of "specified benefit" there is substituted—



" (c) income support where paragraph 24 or 25 (persons appealing against a decision which embodies a determination that they are not incapable of work) of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987[5] applies; or".

Amendment of the Schedule to the 2003 Regulations
     3. After Part 2 of the Schedule, there is inserted as Parts 3 to 5 the Parts set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.


Margaret Hodge
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

19th September 2005

" PART 3
     3. For the purposes of regulation 2 the areas are—


(a) the areas of—

     Cumbria County Council;

     Darlington Borough Council;

     Glasgow City Council;

     Hartlepool Borough Council;

     Middlesbrough Borough Council;

     Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council;

     Stockton Borough Council; and

(b) the following postcode districts—

     FY1 to FY8;

     L39;

     L40;

     LA1 to LA6;

     PR1 to PR7;

     PR9;

     PR25;

     PR26;

     WN8.







PART 4
     4. For the purposes of regulation 2 the areas are—


(a) the areas of—

     Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council;

     City of Sunderland Council;

     Chester-le-Street District Council;

     Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council;

     Durham City Council;

     East Dunbartonshire Council;

     Easington District Council;

     North Lanarkshire Council;

     Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council;

     Sedgefield Borough Council;

     South Lanarkshire Council; and

(b) the following postcode districts—

     CF33 6PS to CF33 6PU, CF33 6RA to CF33 6RD, CF33 6RL;

     CH41 to CH49;

     CH60 to CH63;

     DH6 0;

     DH7 0;

     DH8 0, DH8 5 to DH8 9;

     DH9 6 to DH9 9;

     DL2 3;

     DL11;

     DL12 0, DL12 8, DL12 9;

     DL13 1 to DL13 5;

     DL14 0, DL14 6 to DL14 9;

     DL15 0, DL15 8, DL15 9;

     L1 to L9;

     L11 to L13;

     L15 to L19;

     L24 to L27;

     M1 to M9;

     M11 to M23;

     M27;

     M28;

     M30 to M33;

     M38;

     M40;

     M41;

     M44;

     M50;

     M60;

     M90;

     NE16 6;

     SA1 to SA8;

     SA9 2;

     SA10 6 to SA10 9;

     SA11 1 to SA11 5;

     SA12 6 to SA12 9;

     SA13 1 to SA13 3;

     SA14 to SA18;

     SA19 2, SA19 6 to SA19 9;

     SA20 0, SA20 1, SA20 6;

     SA31 to SA39;

     SA41 to SA48;

     SA61 to SA73;

     SY23 to SY25;

     WA13 9SR to WA13 9UZ, WA13 9WA, WA13 9WX to WA13 9WZ;

     WA14;

     WA15.







PART 5
     5. For the purposes of regulation 2 the areas are—


(a) the areas of—

     Halton Borough Council;

     Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council;

     Newcastle Borough Council;

     St Helens Council;

     Sefton Council;

     Stafford Borough Council;

     Stoke on Trent City Council; and

(b) the following postcode districts—

     B74 3;

     B75 5RY to B75 5SZ;

     B77 1 to B77 5;

     B78 2, B78 3;

     B79 0, B79 7 to B79 9;

     CF37 4HN, CF37 4HP, CF37 4HR, CF37 4HW;

     CF46 5, CF46 6;

     CF47 0, CF47 8, CF47 9;

     CF48 1 to CF48 4;

     CF81 8JA to CF81 8ZY, CF81 9;

     CF82 7, CF82 8;

     CF83 1 to CF83 4, CF83 8;

     DE13 0, DE13 7 to DE13 9;

     DE14 1 to DE14 3;

     DE15 0, DE15 9;

     NP11 3 to NP11 7;

     NP12 0 to NP12 3;

     NP13 1 to NP13 3;

     NP22 3 to NP22 5;

     NP23 4 to NP23 8;

     NP24 6;

     SK11 0;

     SK17 0;

     ST7 3, ST7 4;

     ST8 to ST10;

     ST13;

     ST14 5, ST14 7, ST14 8;

     ST17;

     ST18;

     ST19 5, ST19 9;

     TF10 9BJ, TF10 9BL, TF10 9BX, TF10 9BZ;

     TF11 8J to TF11 8N;

     WS3 5;

     WS6;

     WS7;

     WS11 to WS13;

     WS14 0, WS14 9;

     WS15;

     WV6 7EY;

     WV10 7, WV10 8Q;

     WV11 2."

[2] See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.back

[3] S.I. 2003/2439. Amending instrument is S.I. 2005/3.back

[4] The definitions of "relevant person" and "specified benefit" were amended by S.I. 2005/3.back

[5] S.I. 1987/1967. Paragraphs 24 and 25 were amended by S.I. 1999/2422 (c.61) and paragraph 25 was amended by S.I. 1999/3109 and 2005/337.back