The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (Higher-Level Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019
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Government Printer for Northern Ireland
2019-10-17
SOCIAL SECURITY
These Regulations amend the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996, the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 so that the maximum period of a higher-level sanction under Article 21 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is 26 weeks and the maximum period of a higher-level sanction under Article 8J of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Article 31 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 is 182 days.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Mims DaviesParliamentary Under-Secretary of StateDepartment for Work and Pensions