The Social Security (Suspension of Payment of Benefits and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
Regulation 2 of these Regulations amends the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 to—provide that decisions that a person ceases to be entitled to Category A or Category B retirement pension, a shared additional pension or graduated retirement benefit may be revised (paragraph (2));provide that notification that payment of benefit may be suspended in the event of non-compliance with a requirement to provide information or evidence must be given at the time the information is first requested and to reduce the period for compliance from a minimum of one month to a minimum of 14 days (paragraph (3)(a) and (b)); andprovide for the suspension of payment of a jobseeker’s allowance for non-compliance with a requirement to provide documents, certificates or other evidence under regulation 24(5) or (5A) of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations”), although in such cases, the minimum period for compliance of 7 days under those Regulations will remain unchanged (paragraph (3)(a) and (c)).