Section 171E — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Incapacity for work: disqualification, &c.

Incapacity for work: disqualification, &c. 171E 1 Regulations may provide for disqualifying a person for receiving any benefit, allowance or other advantage under any provision for the purposes of which this Part of this Act applies, or, in such cases as may be prescribed, provide that a person shall be treated as capable of work, if—

a he has become incapable of work through his own misconduct;

b he fails without good cause to attend for or submit himself to such medical or other treatment as may be required in accordance with the regulations; or c he fails without good cause to observe any prescribed rules of behaviour.

2 Regulations shall provide that any such disqualification shall be, or as the case may be that the person shall be treated as capable of work, for such period not exceeding 6 weeks as may be determined in accordance with Chapter II of Part I of the Social Security Act 1998 .

3 Regulations may prescribe for the purposes of this section—

a matters which are or are not to be taken into account in determining whether a person does or does not have good cause for any act or omission, or b circumstances in which a person is or is not to be regarded as having or not having good cause for any act or omission.