PART 1EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE
F1Work-related requirements
F111JSanctions
(1)
The amount of an award of an employment and support allowance is to be reduced in accordance with this section in the event of a failure by a person which is sanctionable under this section.
(2)
It is a failure sanctionable under this section if a person—
(a)
fails for no good reason to comply with a work-related requirement;
(b)
fails for no good reason to comply with a requirement under section 11G.
(3)
Regulations are to specify—
(a)
the amount of a reduction under this section, and
(b)
the period for which such a reduction has effect.
(4)
Regulations under subsection (3)(b) may provide that a reduction under this section in relation to any failure is to have effect for—
(a)
a period continuing until the person meets a compliance condition specified by the Department,
(b)
a fixed period not exceeding 26 weeks which is—
(i)
specified in the regulations, or
(ii)
determined in any case by the Department, or
(c)
a combination of both.
(5)
In subsection (4)(a) “compliance condition” means—
(a)
a condition that the failure ceases, or
(b)
a condition relating to future compliance with a work-related requirement or a requirement under section 11G.
(6)
A compliance condition specified under subsection (4)(a) may be—
(a)
revoked or varied by the Department;
(b)
notified to the person in such manner as the Department may determine.
(7)
A period fixed under subsection (4)(b) may in particular depend on either or both the following—
(a)
the number of failures by the person sanctionable under this section;
(b)
the period between such failures.
(8)
Regulations may provide—
(a)
for cases in which no reduction is to be made under this section;
(b)
for a reduction under this section made in relation to an award that is terminated to be applied to any new award made within a prescribed period of the termination;
(c)
for the termination or suspension of a reduction under this section.