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The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 23:
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2009/4 by S.R. 2019/107 art. 2
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/190 by S.R. 2019/4 art. 5
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/190 by S.R. 2019/7 art. 3
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing S.R. 2017/216 by S.R. 2018/1 art. 7
- specified provision(s) amendment to earlier commencing SR 2016/46, art. 5(a) by S.R. 2016/166 art. 3
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Order associated Parts and Chapters:
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- Pts. 2 5 modified by S.R. 2019/212 art. 2(2)(g) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk SR 2019/212 revoked (19.12.2020) by SR 2020/348, art. 1(2)(2))
- art. 56(1) repealed by S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.) Sch. 12 Pt. 1
Work availability requirementN.I.
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23.—(1) In this Part a “work availability requirement” is a requirement that a claimant be available for work.
(2) For the purposes of this Article “available for work” means able and willing immediately to take up paid work (or more paid work or better-paid work).
(3) Regulations may impose limitations on a work availability requirement by reference to the work to which it relates; and the Department may in any particular case specify further such limitations on such a requirement.
(4) A limitation under paragraph (3) may in particular be by reference to—
(a)work of a particular nature,
(b)work with a particular level of remuneration,
(c)work in particular locations, or
(d)work available for a certain number of hours per week or at particular times,
and may be indefinite or for a particular period.
(5) Regulations may for the purposes of paragraph (2) define what is meant by a person being able and willing immediately to take up work.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 23 in operation at 2.5.2016 for specified purposes by S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(2)(b)(i)
I2Art. 23 in operation at 27.9.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/190, art. 4(3)-(6), Sch. 1 (with art. 5)
I3Art. 23 in operation at 15.11.2017 and 13.12.2017 for specified purposes by S.R. 2017/216, art. 3 (with art. 6) (as amended (15.1.2018) by S.R. 2018/1, art. 7)
I4Art. 23 in operation at 17.1.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/1, art. 3 (with art. 6)
I5Art. 23 in operation at 16.5.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/97, art. 3 (with art. 6)
I6Art. 23 in force at 5.9.2018 and further specified dates for specified purposes by S.R. 2018/138, art. 3 (with art. 6)
I7Art. 23 in force at 1.2.2019 for specified purposes by S.R. 2019/7, art. 2(1)-(3) (with art. 2(4)(11))
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