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.