PART 2Work-Related Activity

Requirement to undertake work-related activity2

1

The Department may require a person who satisfies the conditions in paragraph (2) to undertake work-related activity10 as a condition of continuing to be entitled to the full amount of income support payable apart from these Regulations.

2

The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are that the person—

a

is entitled to income support;

b

is subject to a requirement imposed under section 2A of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

c

is not a lone parent11 of a child under the age of 3; and

d

falls within paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1B to the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 198712 and no other paragraph within that Schedule.

3

A requirement imposed under paragraph (1)—

a

must be reasonable in the view of the Department, having regard to the person’s circumstances; and

b

may not require the person to apply for a job or undertake work, whether as an employee or otherwise.