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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/176",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In Schedule 6 (matters to be included in the Notice of Determination), the following Part shall be added at the end—\n“Part VIII\nNotice following a decision on a work-focused interview\n15 (1) This Part applies in a case where a decision has been made in accordance with regulation 11 of the Work-focused Interviews Regulations that a person has failed to take part in a work-focused interview.\n(2) In a case where one of the consequences specified in sub-paragraph (3) and (4) apply, the notice of determination shall include a statement as to the person’s right of appeal against the decision that he failed to take part in a work-focused interview.\n(3) In a case where the consequence of the failure to take part is that the entitlement to housing benefit terminates, the notice of determination shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the last date of the entitlement to housing benefit;\n(b) the reason entitlement terminated.\n(4) In a case where the consequence of the failure to take part is that the amount of housing benefit payable is reduced, the notice of determination shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the amount by which the housing benefit is reduced;\n(b) the date from which the reduction takes effect; and\n(c) the reason for the reduction.\n(5) In a case where a new decision is made reversing an earlier decision that a person failed to take part in a work-focused interview, the notice of determination shall include a statement as to—\n(a) the date from which the consequences of the failure cease to apply; and\n(b) the reason for the new decision.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6 in operation at 14.5.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "nisr/2006/407",
      "affecting_title": "The Housing Benefit (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/176/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:11:41.068352+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."
}