Section 13: Work-related requirements: introductory

Welfare Reform Act 2012 · 2012 c. 5View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 1: Universal credit — CHAPTER 2: Claimant responsibilities

This Chapter provides for the Secretary of State to impose work-related requirements with which claimants must comply for the purposes of this Part.

In this Part "work-related requirement" means—

a work-focused interview requirement (see section 15);
a work preparation requirement (see section 16);
a work search requirement (see section 17);
a work availability requirement (see section 18).

The work-related requirements which may be imposed on a claimant depend on which of the following groups the claimant falls into—

no work-related requirements (see section 19);
work-focused interview requirement only (see section 20);
work-focused interview and work preparation requirements only (see section 21);
all work-related requirements (see section 22).

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