Regulation 17 Interpretation

For the purposes of this Part—

• “ESA sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 11J of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;

• “higher-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6J of the Act;

• “low-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6K of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with—

  1. (a)

     a work-focused interview requirement under section 6B(1) of the Act;

  2. (b)

     a work preparation requirement under section 6C(1) of the Act;

  3. (c)

     a work search requirement under section 6D(1)(b) of the Act (requirement to take action specified by the Secretary of State to obtain work); or

  4. (d)

     a requirement under section 6G of the Act (connected requirements);

• “medium-level sanction” means a reduction of a jobseeker’s allowance in accordance with section 6K of the Act for a sanctionable failure by the claimant to comply with—

  1. (a)

     a work search requirement under section 6D(1)(a) of the Act (requirement to take all reasonable action to obtain paid work); or

  2. (b)

     a work availability requirement under section 6E(1) of the Act (requirement to be available for work);

• “pre-claim failure” means a sanctionable failure listed in section 6J(3) of the Act;

• “reduction period” means the number of days for which a reduction in the amount of an award of a jobseeker’s allowance is to have effect;

• “sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 6J or 6K 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 higher-level sanctions, medium-level sanctions, low-level sanctions and reductions to which regulation 30 applies;

• “UC sanctionable failure” means a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under section 26 or 27 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.