# The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 56: Suspension of a reduction where a fraud sanction applies

Extent: N.I.

(1) A reduction in the amount of an award of an employment and support allowance in accordance with section 11J of the Act is to be suspended for any period during which section 5B or 6 of the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 applies to the award.
(2) The reduction ceases to have effect on the day on which that period begins and has effect again on the day after that period ends.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/219/regulation/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-56
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