{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015/article-32",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111141236",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/32",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Other sanctions",
  "text": "(1) The amount of an award of universal credit is to be reduced in accordance with this Article in the event of a failure by a claimant which is sanctionable under this Article.\n(2) It is a failure sanctionable under this Article if a claimant—\n(a) fails for no good reason to comply with a work-related requirement;\n(b) fails for no good reason to comply with a requirement under Article 28.\n(3) But a failure by a claimant is not sanctionable under this Article if it is also a failure sanctionable under Article 31.\n(4) Regulations are to provide for—\n(a) the amount of a reduction under this Article, and\n(b) the period for which such a reduction has effect.\n(5) Regulations under paragraph (4)(b) may provide that a reduction under this Article in relation to any failure is to have effect for—\n(a) a period continuing until the claimant meets a compliance condition specified by the Department,\n(b) a fixed period not exceeding 26 weeks which is—\n(i) specified in the regulations, or\n(ii) determined in any case by the Department, or\n(c) a combination of both.\n(6) In paragraph (5)(a) “compliance condition” means—\n(a) a condition that the failure ceases, or\n(b) a condition relating to future compliance with a work-related requirement or a requirement under Article 28.\n(7) A compliance condition specified under paragraph (5)(a) may be—\n(a) revoked or varied by the Department;\n(b) notified to the claimant in such manner as the Department may determine.\n(8) A period fixed under paragraph (5)(b) may in particular depend on either or both the following—\n(a) the number of failures by the claimant sanctionable under this Article;\n(b) the period between such failures.\n(9) Regulations may provide—\n(a) for cases in which no reduction is to be made under this Article;\n(b) for a reduction under this Article made in relation to an award that is terminated to be applied to any new award made within a prescribed period of the termination;\n(c) for the termination or suspension of a reduction under this Article.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111141236/article/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:08:58.125999+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."
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