{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-103",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013/regulation-103.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/103",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "103",
  "heading": "Medium-level sanction",
  "text": "(1) This regulation specifies the reduction period for a sanctionable failure under section 27 of the Act (other sanctions) where it is a failure by the claimant to comply with—\n(a) a work search requirement under section 17(1)(a) (to take all reasonable action to obtain paid work etc.); or\n(b) a work availability requirement under section 18(1).\n(2) The reduction in the circumstances described in the first column of the following table is the period set out in—\n(a) the second column, where the claimant is aged 18 or over on the date of the sanctionable failure;\n(b) the third column, where the claimant is aged 16 or 17 on the date of the sanctionable failure.\nCircumstances in which reduction period applies\nReduction period where claimant aged 18 or over\nReduction period where claimant aged 16 or 17\nWhere there has been no previous sanctionable failure by the claimant that falls within paragraph (1)\n28 days\n7 days\nWhere there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (1) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is not within 365 days beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure\n28 days\n7 days\nWhere there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (1) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is within 365 days, but not within 14 days, beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure and the reduction period applicable to the most recent previous sanctionable failure is—\n(a) 7 days\n–\n14 days\n(b) 14 days\n–\n14 days\n(c) 28 days\n91 days\n–\n(d) 91 days\n91 days\n–\nWhere there have been one or more previous sanctionable failures by the claimant that fall within paragraph (1) and the date of the most recent previous sanctionable failure is within 14 days beginning with the date of the current sanctionable failure and the reduction period applicable to the most recent previous sanctionable failure is—\n(a) 7 days\n–\n7 days\n(b) 14 days\n–\n14 days\n(c) 28 days\n28 days\n–\n(d) 91 days\n91 days\n–",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 103(2) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 2 of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Jobseeker's Allowance, Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/678), regs. 1, 5(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/376/regulation/103",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:36:10.415553+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."
}