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Regulation 29 Matters to be taken into account in determining whether a claimant has good cause for failing to provide a signed declarationI1

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In determining, for the purposes of regulation 27 (where entitlement is not to cease), whether a claimant has good cause for failing to comply with a requirement to provide a signed declaration, as referred to in regulation 24(6) (provision of information and evidence), on the day on which he ought to do so the matters which are to be taken into account shall include the following—

(a)

whether there were adverse postal conditions;

(b)

whether the claimant misunderstood the requirement on him due to any learning, language or literacy difficulties of the claimant or any misleading information given to the claimant by an employment officer.

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Commencement

I1

Reg. 29 in operation at 7.10.1996, see reg. 1(1)