47.—(1) This regulation applies where payment of a benefit to a person (“P”) has been suspended in full under—
(a)regulation 44 (suspension in prescribed cases) and P subsequently fails to comply with a requirement for information or evidence under regulation 45 (provision of information or evidence) and more than one month has elapsed since the requirement was made; or
(b)regulation 45(6) and more than one month has elapsed since the first payment was suspended.
(2) In a case to which this regulation applies, except where entitlement ceases on an earlier date other than under this regulation, the Secretary of State must decide that P ceases to be entitled to that benefit with effect from the date on which the payment of the benefit was suspended.