Amendment to regulation 63 of the ESA Regulations (reduction of employment and support allowance)E+W+S
17.—(1) Regulation 63 of the ESA Regulations is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1) Where the Secretary of State has determined—
(a)that a claimant who was required to take part in a work-focused interview has failed to do so and has failed to show good cause for that failure in accordance with regulation 61; or
(b)that a claimant who was required to undertake work-related activity has failed to do so and has failed to show good cause for that failure in accordance with regulation 8 of the Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011,
(“a failure determination”) the amount of the employment and support allowance payable to the claimant is to be reduced in accordance with this regulation.”.
(3) In paragraph (3)(b)(i) for “a work-focused health-related assessment” substitute “ work-related activity ”.