{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-and-universal-credit-higher-level-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2019/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1357",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance and Universal Credit (Higher-Level Sanctions) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-and-universal-credit-higher-level-sanctions-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Where, on the date that these Regulations come into force, the amount of an award of jobseeker’s allowance is subject to a reduction under section 19 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 for a period of 156 weeks, the reduction is to be terminated where, since the date that the reduction took effect, the award has been reduced for a period of at least 26 weeks.\n(2) Where, on the date that these Regulations come into force, the amount of an award of jobseeker’s allowance is subject to a reduction under section 6J of the Jobseekers Act 1995 for a period of 1095 days, the reduction is to be terminated where, since the date that the reduction took effect, the award has been reduced for a period of at least 182 days.\n(3) Where, on the date that these Regulations come into force, the amount of an award of universal credit is subject to a reduction under section 26 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, or which is treated as a reduction under section 26 of that Act by virtue of regulation 32(3) of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014, for a period of 1095 days, the reduction is to be terminated where, since the date that the reduction took effect, the award has been reduced for a period of at least 182 days.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2014/1230."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1357/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:33.708931+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."
}