(1) The Principal Act is amended by substituting the following sections for section 195A (inserted by section 9 of the Social Welfare Act 2010):

"Refusal or failure to attend activation meetings relating to supplementary welfare allowance

195A.

(1) Notice may be given by or on behalf of the Minister to any person receiving supplementary welfare allowance requesting the person, at the time specified in the notice, to comply with the requirement specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (3).

(2) Where a person refuses or fails, without good cause, to comply with the requirement specified in the notice under subsection (1) at the time specified in that notice, or at any time thereafter as may be determined by or on behalf of the Minister and notified to the person, the weekly rate of supplementary welfare allowance payable to that person in respect of any such period of refusal or failure shall, subject to this section, be as set out in subsection (1A), (2A) or, as the case may be, (4A) of section 197.

(3) A notice under this section may require the person to whom it is given to do one of the following, at the time specified in the notice, or at any time thereafter as may be determined by or on behalf of the Minister and notified to the person -