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<Title>
<Emphasis>Application of work-related requirements</Emphasis>
</Title>
<P1group RestrictEndDate="2017-09-27" ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="2016-05-02" RestrictExtent="N.I.">
<Title>Claimants subject to no work-related requirements</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24" id="article-24">
<Pnumber>
<CommentaryRef Ref="key-d9a542a96d70cbbc6cf170df16c3aacb"/>
24
</Pnumber>
<P1para>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Department may not impose any work-related requirement on a claimant falling within this Article.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2" id="article-24-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>A claimant falls within this Article if—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the claimant has limited capability for work and work-related activity,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/b/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/b" id="article-24-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the claimant has regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person,</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/c/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/c" id="article-24-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the claimant is the responsible carer for a child under the age of one, or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/d/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/2/d" id="article-24-2-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the claimant is of a prescribed description.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3" id="article-24-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Regulations under paragraph (2)(d) may in particular make provision by reference to one or more of the following—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>hours worked;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3/b/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3/b" id="article-24-3-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>earnings or income;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3/c/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/3/c" id="article-24-3-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>the amount of universal credit payable.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4" id="article-24-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Regulations under paragraph (3) may—</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4/a/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4/a" id="article-24-4-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>in the case of a claimant who is a member of a couple, make provision by reference to the claimant alone or by reference to the members of the couple together;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4/b/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/4/b" id="article-24-4-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>make provision for estimating or calculating any matter for the purpose of the regulations.</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/5/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/5" id="article-24-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Where a claimant falls within this Article, any work-related requirement previously applying to the claimant ceases to have effect.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6" id="article-24-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
In this Part “
<Term id="term-responsible-carer">responsible carer</Term>
”, in relation to a child means—
</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a single person who is responsible for the child, or</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6/b/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6/b" id="article-24-6-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>a person who is a member of a couple where—</Text>
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<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the person or the other member of the couple is responsible for the child, and</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6/b/ii/2016-05-02" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24/6/b/ii" id="article-24-6-b-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the person has been nominated by the couple jointly as responsible for the child.</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Pblock>
</Chapter>
</Part>
</Body>
</Secondary>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="key-d9a542a96d70cbbc6cf170df16c3aacb" Type="I">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef SectionRef="article-24" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/2015/2006/article/24" id="cv9gj0ch2-00151">Art. 24</CitationSubRef>
in operation at 2.5.2016 for specified purposes by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/215" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="2016" Number="215" Title="The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2016" id="cv9gj0ch2-00152">S.R. 2016/215</Citation>
,
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</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>