Article 22 Suspension and termination for failure to furnish information, etc.F1

Northern Ireland

F2(1)

The powers conferred by this Article are exercisable in relation to persons who fail to comply with information requirements.

(2)

Regulations may provide for—

(a)

suspending payments of a relevant benefit, in whole or in part;

(b)

the subsequent making in prescribed circumstances of any or all of the payments so suspended.

(3)

In this Article and Article 23 “information requirement” means a requirement, made in pursuance of regulations under F3section 5(1A) of the Administration Act, to furnish information or evidence needed for a determination whether a decision on an award of benefit to which that section applies should be revised under Article 10 or superseded under Article 11.

F4(4)

Subsection (2A) of section 5 of the Administration Act shall apply in relation to paragraph (3) as it applies in relation to paragraph (hh) of subsection (1) of that section.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: mod. by SR 1999/349, 350
F2: prosp. in pt. certain functions transf. by 2002 c. 21
F3: Words in art. 22(3) substituted (2.5.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 104(5); S.R. 2016/215, art. 2(6)(a)
F4: 2002 c. 14 (NI)

Notes on the whole Order

Textual amendments

F1: functions transf. by SR 1999/481

Notes on Chapter II

Modifications

C1: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) applied (1.7.2008 for certain purposes, otherwise 27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007 (c. 2), ss. 18(2), 60(1); S.R. 2008/276, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 1
C2: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) modified (1.1.2009) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), ss. 135(8), 170(3); S.I. 2008/3137, art. 2
C3: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) modified by 1992 c. 7, Sch. 4C para. 4 (as inserted (prosp.) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 81(5), 118(1), Sch. 2)
C4: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) applied (1.10.2010) by Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), regs. 1, 6, Sch. 1
C5: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 (arts. 9-39) applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions and Housing Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/312), regs. 1, 16, Sch. 2
C6: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (14.11.2016 for the purposes of the trial, 21.4.2017 in so far as not already in operation) by Childcare Payments Act 2014 (c. 28), ss. 59(4)(b), 75(2); S.I. 2016/1083, reg. 2(g); S.I. 2017/578, reg. 3(e)
C7: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (24.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Northern Ireland Reciprocal Arrangements) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/677), regs. 1, 2, Sch.
C8: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1 of the amending Order) by The Social Security (Ireland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/77), arts. 1, 2; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
C9: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (1.1.2021) by The Social Security (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/357), arts. 1(2), 2, Sch.
C10: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (9.9.2021) by The Social Security (Switzerland) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/277), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(d), Sch.
C11: Pt. II Ch. II modified (19.10.2023) by The Social Security (Iceland) (Liechtenstein) (Norway) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/181), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch.
C12: Pt. 2 Ch. 2 modified (coming into operation in accordance with art. 1(3) of the amending Order) by The Social Security (Gibraltar) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/21), arts. 1(3), 2(2)(d)