The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013

Sanctions casesU.K.

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27.—(1) A decision as to the amount of an award of benefit may be superseded where the amount of that award is to be reduced by virtue of—

(a)section 11J(1) (sanctions) M1 of the 2007 Act;

(b)section 6J(1) (higher-level sanctions) or 6K(1) (other sanctions) M2 of the Jobseekers Act; or

(c)section 26(1) (higher-level sanctions) or 27(1) (other sanctions) of the 2012 Act.

(2) A decision reducing an award of benefit by virtue of any of those provisions may be superseded where the reduction falls to be suspended or terminated.

Marginal Citations

M1Section 11J was inserted by section 57 of the 2012 Act.

M2Sections 6J and 6K were inserted by section 49 of the 2012 Act.