Regulation 7 Failure to provide information

(1)

Where a person fails without good cause to comply with a request of the Secretary of State to provide the information referred to in regulation 6(1)(b)F1... he shall, subject to paragraph (2), be treated as capable of work.

(2)

A person shall not be treated as capable of work under paragraph (1) unless—

(a)

at least F24 weeks have elapsed since the Secretary of State sent that person the first request for that information; and

(b)

the Secretary of State has sent that person a further request at least F33 weeks after the first, and at least F41 week has elapsed since that further request was sent.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 7(1) deleted (3.4.2000) by The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3109), regs. 1(1), 2(3)
F2: Words in reg. 7(2)(a) substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(a) (with reg. 2)
F3: Words in reg. 7(2)(b) substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(b)(i) (with reg. 2)
F4: Words in reg. 7(2)(b) substituted (31.10.2011) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 3) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2425), regs. 1(2), 9(2)(b)(ii) (with reg. 2)