{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-76",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998/article-76.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1998/1506",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-northern-ireland-order-1998",
  "path": "article/76",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Reports by the Department",
  "text": "(1) The Department shall prepare, either annually or at such times or intervals as may be prescribed, a report on—\n(a) the standards achieved by the Department in the making of decisions against which an appeal lies to an appeal tribunal constituted under Chapter 1 of Part 2;\n(b) the standards of advice and assistance provided under Article 138 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015; and\n(c) the operation of sanctions.\n(1A) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) a sanction is—\n(a) the reduction in the amount of an award of universal credit, a jobseeker's allowance, income support or an employment and support allowance on account of a failure by a person to comply with any requirement or any other conduct of a person;\n(b) the loss of, or reduction in the amount of, any sanctionable benefit under the Social Security Fraud Act (Northern Ireland) 2001.\n(1B) A report under paragraph (1)(c) must contain details of—\n(a) the number of persons affected by sanctions;\n(b) the periods for which such persons are affected;\n(c) the reasons for which sanctions are imposed;\n(d) the benefits or allowances which are reduced or lost.\n(2) A copy of every such report shall be laid before the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 76(1)-(1B) substituted for art. 76(1) (17.2.2016) by The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006), arts. 2(2), 125; S.R. 2016/46, art. 3(4)(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "nisi/2015/2006",
      "affecting_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1998/1506/article/76",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:40:59.445846+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}