# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013, Regulation 50: Interpretation


For the purposes of this Part—
“JSA sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 6K of the Jobseekers Act 1995;
“low-level sanction” means a reduction of an employment and support allowance in accordance with section 11J of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with—
(a) a work-focused interview requirement imposed under section 11F(2) of the Act (persons subject to work preparation requirement and work-focused interview requirement);
(b) a work preparation requirement imposed under section 11F(2) of the Act; or
(c) a requirement under section 11G of the Act (connected requirements);
“lowest-level sanction” means a reduction of an employment and support allowance in accordance with section 11J of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with a requirement imposed under section 11E(2) of the Act (persons subject to work-focused interview requirement only);
“reduction period” means the number of days for which a reduction in the amount of an award of an employment and support allowance is to have effect;
“sanctionable failure” means a failure which is sanctionable under section 11J of the Act;
“total outstanding reduction period” means the total number of days for which no reduction has yet been applied for all of the claimant’s low-level sanctions, lowest-level sanctions and reductions to which regulation 61 applies;
“UC sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 26 or 27 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531877/regulation/50 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-2013/regulation-50
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