Section 27 of the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 amended Article 10 of the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 to allow for a new sanction to be applied in certain circumstances when a jobseeker’s allowance claimant fails to attend an appointment. The sanction is that, although entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance will continue, the benefit will not be payable for a period of at least one week and not more than 2 weeks.
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