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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-general-regulations-northern-ireland-1995/regulation-7",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/41",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995",
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  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Failure to provide information",
  "text": "(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.\n(2) A person shall not be treated as capable of work under paragraph (1) unless—\n(a) at least 6 weeks have elapsed since the Department sent that person the first request for that information; and\n(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.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "affecting": "nisr/2011/357",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011"
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      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011"
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  "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."
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