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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "schedule/6/part/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Mental, cognitive and intellectual function assessment",
  "text": "(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nActivity\nDescriptors\nPoints\n11. Learning tasks.\n11(a)\nCannot learn how to complete a simple task, such as setting an alarm clock.\n15\n(b)\nCannot learn anything beyond a simple task, such as setting an alarm clock.\n9\n(c)\nCannot learn anything beyond a moderately complex task, such as the steps involved in operating a washing machine to clean clothes.\n6\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n12. Awareness of everyday hazards (such as boiling water or sharp objects).\n12(a)\nReduced awareness of everyday hazards leads to a significant risk of:\n15\n(i)\ninjury to self or others, or\n(ii)\ndamage to property or possessions,\nsuch that the claimant requires supervision for the majority of the time to maintain safety.\n(b)\nReduced awareness of everyday hazards leads to a significant risk of:\n9\n(i)\ninjury to self or others, or\n(ii)\ndamage to property or possessions,\nsuch that the claimant frequently requires supervision to maintain safety.\n(c)\nReduced awareness of everyday hazards leads to a significant risk of :\n6\n(i)\ninjury to self or others, or\n(ii)\ndamage to property or possessions,\nsuch that the claimant frequently requires supervision to maintain safety.\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n13. Initiating and completing personal action (which means planning, organisation, problem solving, prioritising or switching tasks).\n13(a)\nCannot, due to impaired mental function, reliably initiate or complete at least 2 sequential personal actions.\n15\n(b)\nCannot, due to impaired mental function, reliably initiate or complete at least 2 sequential personal actions for the majority of the time.\n9\n(c)\nFrequently cannot, due to impaired mental function, reliably initiate or complete at least 2 sequential personal actions.\n6\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n14. Coping with change.\n14(a)\nCannot cope with any change to the extent that day to day life cannot be managed.\n15\n(b)\nCannot cope with minor planned change (such as a pre-arranged change to the routine time scheduled for a lunch break), to the extent that overall day to day life is made significantly more difficult.\n9\n(c)\nCannot cope with minor unplanned change (such as the timing of an appointment on the day it is due to occur), to the extent that, overall, day to day life is made significantly more difficult.\n6\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n15. Getting about.\n15(a)\nCannot get to any place outside the claimant's home with which the claimant is familiar.\n15\n(b)\nIs unable to get to a specified place with which the claimant is familiar, without being accompanied by another person.\n9\n(c)\nIs unable to get to a specified place with which the claimant is unfamiliar without being accompanied by another person.\n6\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n16. Coping with social engagement due to cognitive impairment or mental disorder.\n16(a)\nEngagement in social contact is always precluded due to difficulty relating to others or significant distress experienced by the claimant.\n15\n(b)\nEngagement in social contact with someone unfamiliar to the claimant is always precluded due to difficulty relating to others or significant distress experienced by the claimant.\n9\n(c)\nEngagement in social contact with someone unfamiliar to the claimant is not possible for the majority of the time due to difficulty relating to others or significant distress experienced by the claimant.\n6\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0\n17. Appropriateness of behaviour with other people, due to cognitive impairment or mental disorder.\n17(a)\nHas, on a daily basis, uncontrollable episodes of aggressive or disinhibited behaviour that would be unreasonable in any workplace.\n15\n(b)\nFrequently has uncontrollable episodes of aggressive or disinhibited behaviour that would be unreasonable in any workplace.\n15\n(c)\nOccasionally has uncontrollable episodes of aggressive or disinhibited behaviour that would be unreasonable in any workplace.\n9\n(d)\nNone of the above applies.\n0",
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