The Social Security (Income and Capital) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020

Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

8.—(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 68 (person treated as having student income)—

(a) in paragraphs (1) and (2), omit “master’s degree”;

(b) in paragraph (5), omit “master’s degree”, both times it occurs;

(c) in paragraph (7), for the definition of “postgraduate master’s degree loan” substitute—

““postgraduate loan” means a loan to a student undertaking a postgraduate master’s degree course or a postgraduate doctoral degree course pursuant to regulations made under section 22 of the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998;”.

(3) In regulation 69 (calculation of student income – student loans and postgraduate master’s degree loans)—

(a) in the heading (and its entry in the table of contents), omit “master’s degree”;

(b) in paragraph (1A), omit “master’s degree”, both times it occurs;

(c) in paragraph (2), omit “master’s degree”.

(4) In paragraphs (aa) and (b) of Step 1 in regulation 71 (calculation of student income – amount for an assessment period), omit “master’s degree”.

(5) In regulation 76 (special schemes for compensation etc)—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a)—

(i) at the end of paragraph (v), omit “or”;

(ii) after paragraph (v) insert—

“(vi) the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017; or”;

(b) after paragraph (1) insert—

“(1A) This regulation also applies where a person receives a payment from—

(a) the National Emergencies Trust, registered charity number 1182809;

(b) the Child Migrants Trust, registered charity number 1171479, under the scheme for former British child migrants; or

(c) the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea or a registered charity where the payment is made because that person was affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower on 14th June 2017 or is a personal representative of such a person.”.

(6) In paragraphs (4)(a) and (5) of regulation 89 (claimants subject to no work-related requirements), omit “master’s degree”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/376; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/630, 2016/743 and 2017/689.