SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 1APersons dependent on drugs etc.
7Sanctions
1
Regulations under paragraph 1, 2, 3 or 6 may, in particular, make provision—
a
for securing that the appropriate consequence follows if a person has failed to comply with any requirement imposed by any such regulations and the person does not show, within a prescribed period, good cause for the failure;
b
prescribing matters which are, or are not, to be taken into account in determining whether a person has good cause for any failure to comply with any such requirement;
c
prescribing circumstances in which a person is, or is not, to be regarded as having good cause for any failure to comply with any such requirement.
2
The appropriate consequence for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(a) is that the amount payable to the person in question in respect of an employment and support allowance is reduced in accordance with the regulations.
3
The provision that may be made by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) includes, in particular, provision for determining—
a
the amount by which an allowance is to be reduced,
b
when the reduction is to start, and
c
how long it is to continue,
and may include provision prescribing circumstances in which the amount of the reduction is to be nil.
Sch. 1A inserted (12.11.2009) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(1), Sch. 3 para. 7