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17. For the purposes of this Part—
“ESA sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 11J of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
“higher-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6J of the Act;
“low-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6K of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with—
a work-focused interview requirement under section 6B(1) of the Act;
a work preparation requirement under section 6C(1) of the Act;
a work search requirement under section 6D(1)(b) of the Act (requirement to take action specified by the Secretary of State to obtain work); or
a requirement under section 6G of the Act (connected requirements);
“medium-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6K of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with—
a work search requirement under section 6D(1)(a) of the Act (requirement to take all reasonable action to obtain paid work); or
a work availability requirement under section 6E(1) of the Act (requirement to be available for work);
“pre-claim failure” means a sanctionable failure listed in section 6J(3) of the Act;
“reduction period” means the number of days for which a reduction in the amount of an award of a jobseeker’s allowance is to have effect;
“sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 6J or 6K of the Act;
“total outstanding reduction period” means the total number of days for which no reduction has yet been applied for all of the claimant’s higher-level sanctions, medium-level sanctions, low-level sanctions and reductions to which regulation 30 applies;
“UC sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 26 or 27 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.
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