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Regulation 7 Failure to provide information

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(1)

Where a person fails without good cause to comply with a request of the Department to provide the information referred to in regulation 6(1)(b) 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 6 weeks have elapsed since the Department sent that person the first request for that information; and

(b)

the Department has sent that person a further request at least 4 weeks after the first, and at least 2 weeks have elapsed since that further request was sent.