Suspension of a reduction where a fraud sanction applies
56.—(1) A reduction in the amount of an award of an employment and support allowance in accordance with section 11J of the Act is to be suspended for any period during which section 5B or 6 of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001(1) applies to the award.
(2) The reduction ceases to have effect on the day on which that period begins and has effect again on the day after that period ends.
2001 c.17. Section 5B was inserted by section 19(1) of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010. Section 6 was amended by paragraph 33 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14), section 49 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 3 to, the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007, paragraph 11 of Schedule 2, paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010, Articles 115(8)(a), 117 and 118 of, and paragraph 47 of Schedule 2, paragraph 13 of Schedule 3 and Schedule 12 to, the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015