SCHEDULES

F1SCHEDULE 1APersons dependent on drugs etc.

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Sch. 1A inserted (12.11.2009) by Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24), s. 61(1), Sch. 3 para. 7

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.