{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/219",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Matters to be taken into account in determining good cause in relation to regulation 34 or 35",
  "text": "The matters to be taken into account in determining whether a claimant has good cause under regulation 34 (failure to provide information in relation to work-related activity) or 35 (failure to attend a medical examination to determine limited capability for work-related activity) include—\n(a) whether the claimant was outside Northern Ireland at the relevant time;\n(b) the claimant’s state of health at the relevant time; and\n(c) the nature of any disability the claimant has.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 36 in operation at 27.9.2017, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/219/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:56:24.129843+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."
}