Regulation 44 Information requirement

The information required to determine whether a claimant has limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity F1or is a severe conditions criteria claimant is—

Where the Department is satisfied that there is enough information to make the determination without the information mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), that information is not required.

Where a claimant fails without a good reason to comply with a request under paragraph (1), the claimant is to be treated as not having limited capability for work or F2for work and work-related activity or as not being a severe conditions criteria claimant (as the case may be).

Paragraph (3) does not apply unless the claimant was sent a further request to provide the information, at least 3 weeks after the date of the first request and at least one week has passed since the further request was sent.