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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111507476",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Failure to undertake work-related activity",
  "text": "(1) A person who is required to undertake work-related activity but fails to do so must show good cause for the failure within 5 working days of the date on which the Secretary of State gives notice of the failure.\n(2) The Secretary of State must determine whether a person who is required to undertake work-related activity has failed to do so and, if so, whether the person has shown good cause for the failure.\n(3) In deciding whether a person has shown good cause for the failure, the Secretary of State must take account of all the circumstances of the case including in particular the person’s physical or mental health or condition.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111507476/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:53:53.730514+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}