C1C4C2C3C5C6C7Part 1Universal credit

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. 1 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/622), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) (Citizens' Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1302), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) (Citizens' Rights Agreement) Order 2019 (S.I. 2019/1303), art. 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

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Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1088), art. 2(1)-(3), Sch.

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Pts. 1, 4 modified (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/1060), art. 2, Sch.

C1CHAPTER 2Claimant responsibilities

Work-related requirements: supplementary

24C1Imposition of requirements

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Regulations may make provision—

a

where the Secretary of State may impose a requirement under this Part, as to when the requirement must or must not be imposed;

b

where the Secretary of State may specify any action to be taken in relation to a requirement under this Part, as to what action must or must not be specified;

c

where the Secretary of State may specify any other matter in relation to a requirement under this Part, as to what must or must not be specified in respect of that matter.

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Where the Secretary of State may impose a work-focused interview requirement, or specify a particular action under section 16(1) or 17(1)(b), the Secretary of State must have regard to such matters as may be prescribed.

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Where the Secretary of State may impose a requirement under this Part, or specify any action to be taken in relation to such a requirement, the Secretary of State may revoke or change what has been imposed or specified.

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Notification of a requirement imposed under this Part (or any change to or revocation of such a requirement) is, if not included in the claimant commitment, to be in such manner as the Secretary of State may determine.

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Regulations must make provision to secure that, in prescribed circumstances, where a claimant has recently been a victim of domestic violence—

a

a requirement imposed on that claimant under this Part ceases to have effect for a period of 13 weeks, and

b

the Secretary of State may not impose any other requirement under this Part on that claimant during that period.

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For the purposes of subsection (5)—

a

“domestic violence” has such meaning as may be prescribed;

b

“victim of domestic violence“ means a person on or against whom domestic violence is inflicted or threatened (and regulations under subsection (5) may prescribe circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being or not being a victim of domestic violence);

c

a person has recently been a victim of domestic violence if a prescribed period has not expired since the violence was inflicted or threatened.