{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/regulation-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Contracting out",
  "text": "(1) Any function of the Secretary of State specified in paragraph (2) may be exercised by, or by employees of, such person (if any) as may be authorised by the Secretary of State.\n(2) The functions are—\n(a) any function under—\n(i) regulation 3 (requirement to undertake work-related activity);\n(ii) regulation 5 (notification of work-related activity and action plans);\n(iii) regulation 6 (requirement to undertake work-related activity not to apply);\n(iv) regulation 7 (reconsideration of action plans);\n(b) any function under regulation 64(1)(a) and (c) and (1A) of the ESA Regulations (decisions in relation to cessation of reduction).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111507476/regulation/9",
    "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."
}