SCHEDULE 6 DECISIONS AND APPEALS

2

In regulation 1(3) (interpretation)–

a

after the entry relating to “the date of notification" there shall be inserted the following entry–

“designated authority" has the meaning it has in regulation 2(1) of the Work-focused Interviews Regulations;

b

for the entry relating to “official error", there shall be substituted the following entry–

“official error" means an error made by–

a

an officer of the Department of Social Security, the Board or the Department for Education and Employment acting as such which no person outside any of those Departments caused or to which no person outside any of those Departments materially contributed;

b

a person employed by a designated authority acting on behalf of the authority, which no person outside that authority caused or to which no person outside that authority materially contributed;

c

F1after the entry relating to “the Transfer Act", there shall be inserted the following entries–

“work-focused interview" has the meaning it has in regulation 3 of the Work-focused Interviews Regulations;

“the Work-focused Interviews Regulations" means the Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations 2000 ;