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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/2016/999",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Universal credit: work-related requirements",
  "text": "(1) In Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the 2015 Order (claimant responsibilities)—\n(a) in Article 25(1)(a) (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), for the words from “at least one” to “3)” substitute “ one ”;\n(b) in Article 26(1) (claimants subject to work preparation requirement), after sub-paragraph (a) (but before the “or” immediately after it) insert—\n“(aa) the claimant is the responsible carer for a child who is aged 2,”;\n(c) omit Article 26(5) (claimants of prescribed description to include responsible carers of children aged 3 or 4).\n(2) In the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 in regulation 90 (claimants subject to work-focused interview requirement only), omit paragraph (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 12 in operation at 27.9.2017 by S.R. 2017/166, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2016/999/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:38:56.241956+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."
}