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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-northern-ireland-2011/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/265",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-related Activity) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Directions about work-related activity",
  "text": "(1) The circumstances in paragraph (2) are the circumstances prescribed for the purposes of section 15(1)(a) of the Act.\n(2) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (1) are that—\n(a) the person has been identified by the Department as having a barrier to work and in the view of the Department has refused to address that barrier; and\n(b) the Department considers that the activity specified in the direction given under section 15(1) of the Act is a prerequisite to the person’s ability to obtain or remain in work.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in operation at 12.7.2011, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/265/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:31.666821+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."
}