PART 12DISQUALIFICATION
Disqualification for misconduct etc.157
1
Subject to paragraph (3), paragraph (2) applies where a claimant—
a
has limited capability for work through the claimant's own misconduct, except in a case where the limited capability is due to pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease; or
b
fails without good cause to attend for or submit to medical or other treatment (excluding vaccination, inoculation or major surgery) recommended by a doctor with whom, or a hospital or similar institution with which, the claimant is undergoing medical treatment, which would be likely to remove the limitation on the claimant's capability for work;
c
fails without good cause to refrain from behaviour calculated to retard the claimant's recovery; or
d
is, without good cause, absent from the claimant's place of residence without leaving word with the Secretary of State where the claimant may be found.
2
A claimant referred to in paragraph (1) is to be disqualified for receiving an employment and support allowance for such period not exceeding 6 weeks as the Secretary of State may determine.