The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015

Introductory

Work-related requirements: introductory

18.—(1) This Chapter provides for the Department to impose work-related requirements with which claimants must comply for the purposes of this Part.

(2) In this Part “work-related requirement” means—

(a) a work-focused interview requirement (see Article 20);

(b) a work preparation requirement (see Article 21);

(c) a work search requirement (see Article 22);

(d) a work availability requirement (see Article 23).

(3) The work-related requirements which may be imposed on a claimant depend on which of the following groups the claimant falls into—

(a) no work-related requirements (see Article 24);

(b) work-focused interview requirement only (see Article 25);

(c) work-focused interview and work preparation requirements only (see Article 26);

(d) all work-related requirements (see Article 27).

Claimant commitment

19.—(1) A claimant commitment is a record of a claimant’s responsibilities in relation to an award of universal credit.

(2) A claimant commitment is to be prepared by the Department and may be reviewed and updated as the Department thinks fit.

(3) A claimant commitment is to be in such form as the Department thinks fit.

(4) A claimant commitment is to include—

(a) a record of the requirements that the claimant must comply with under this Part (or such of them as the Department considers it appropriate to include),

(b) any prescribed information, and

(c) any other information the Department considers it appropriate to include.

(5) For the purposes of this Part a claimant accepts a claimant commitment if, and only if, the claimant accepts the most up-to-date version of it in such manner as may be prescribed.