SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977

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SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 14



14.(1) Where

(a)a person is registered for employment in pursuance of Article 7 and is not
receiving unemployment benefit under the Social Security (Northern Ireland)
Act 1975; and

(b)it appears to a benefit officer that the person refuses or neglects to
maintain himself or any other person whom for the purposes of this Order he is
liable to maintain,

(2) A person to whom such a direction is given may, in accordance with rules
made by the Department, appeal against the direction to the Appeal Tribunal;
and on an appeal in pursuance of this paragraph the tribunal shall either
confirm or cancel the direction.

(3) A direction under paragraph (1) shall not come into force

(a)until the expiration of the period within which, without any extension of
time, an appeal against it may be brought in pursuance of paragraph (2); and

(b)if during that period such an appeal is brought, until the appeal is
withdrawn or the direction is confirmed by the tribunal.

(4) A person in respect of whom a direction under paragraph (1) is in force
shall not be entitled to a supplementary allowance while he fails to comply
with the direction.

(5) Regulations may make provision with respect to the consequences of the
cancellation of a direction which has come into force.]

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SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFITS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1977 - SECT 14