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PART 2U.K.TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHAPTER 2U.K.ENTITLEMENT TO OTHER BENEFITS

Exclusion of entitlement to certain benefitsU.K.

5.—(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a claimant is not entitled to—

(a)income support;

(b)housing benefit;

(c)a tax credit; or

(d)state pension credit F1... M1,

in respect of any period when the claimant is entitled to universal credit M2.

(2) Entitlement to universal credit does not preclude the claimant from entitlement—

[F2(a)to housing benefit in respect of specified accommodation or temporary accommodation;]

[F2(ab)to housing benefit or income support where regulation 8(2A), 46(1) or 47(2) applies; F3...]

(b)during the first assessment period for universal credit, where the claimant is a new claimant partner, to—

(i)income support, where an award to which the new claimant partner is entitled terminates, in accordance with regulation 7(4), after the first date of entitlement to universal credit;

(ii)housing benefit, where regulation 7(5)(b) [F4or (c)] applies and an award of housing benefit to which the new claimant partner is entitled terminates after the first date of entitlement to universal credit; F5...

(iii)a tax credit, where an award to which the new claimant partner is entitled terminates, in accordance with the 2002 Act, after the first date of entitlement to universal credit[F6; or

(iv)state pension credit, where an award to which the new claimant partner is entitled terminates after the first date of entitlement to universal credit; or]

[F6(c)during the last assessment period for universal credit, where the claimant reaches the qualifying age for state pension credit and paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations applies, to housing benefit or state pension credit from the date the claimant reaches that age]

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M2A person who is entitled to universal credit is not entitled to old style JSA or old style ESA (other than in certain circumstances where a person is a member of a couple at the time of entitlement), by virtue of S.I. 2013/983 (C.41), and other orders made under section 150(3) of the Act, which bring into force repeals of the legislation relating to those benefits.

[F7Entitlement to universal credit and housing benefit: universal credit work allowanceU.K.

5A.  Where a claimant has an award of universal credit and, in any assessment period, is also entitled to housing benefit for temporary accommodation and the award of universal credit does not include an amount for housing costs, regulation 22(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (amount of the work allowance) is to apply in relation to that assessment period as if the award did include an amount for housing costs.]

Textual Amendments

Exclusion of claims for certain existing benefitsU.K.

6.—(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (5) to (9) a universal credit claimant may not make a claim for income support, housing benefit or a tax credit.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, a person is a universal credit claimant if—

(a)the person is entitled to universal credit;

(b)the person has made a claim for universal credit, a decision has not yet been made on that claim and the person has not been informed (in accordance with an order made under section 150(3) of the Act) that he or she is not entitled to claim universal credit;

[F8(ba)(i)the conditions in regulation 6(1)(a), (b) and (c) or 6(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to universal credit in certain cases) are met in relation to the person;

(ii)he or she may be entitled to an award of universal credit without making a claim if the conditions in regulation 6(1)(d) and (e) or, as the case may be, 6(2)(d) and (e) of those Regulations are also met; and

(iii)either the Secretary of State has no information in relation to the person which may indicate a change of circumstances as referred to in regulation 6(1)(e) or, as the case may be, 6(2)(e) of those Regulations, or the Secretary of State has such information but no decision has been made that the person is entitled to universal credit;]

(c)the person was previously entitled to a joint award of universal credit which terminated because the person ceased to be a member of a couple, he or she is not exempt (by virtue of regulation 9(6) of the Claims and Payments Regulations) from the condition of entitlement to universal credit that he or she makes a claim for it and the period of one month, starting with the date on which the person notified the Secretary of State that he or she had ceased to be a member of a couple, has not expired;

[F9(ca)the person may be entitled to an award of universal credit in circumstances where, by virtue of regulation 9(6), (7) or (10) of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims for universal credit by members of a couple), it is not a condition of entitlement that he or she makes a claim for it, but no decision has yet been made as to the person’s entitlement;]

(d)the person is treated, under the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having made a claim for universal credit, F10... but no decision has yet been made as to the person's entitlement;

(e)a decision has been made that the person is not entitled to universal credit and—

(i)the Secretary of State is considering whether to revise that decision under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998, whether on an application made for that purpose, or on the Secretary of State's own initiative; or

(ii)the person has appealed against that decision to the First-tier Tribunal and that appeal or any subsequent appeal to the Upper Tribunal or to a court has not been finally determined.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a)a universal credit claimant makes a claim for benefit mentioned in that paragraph if the claimant takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the relevant Regulations; and

(b)except as provided in [F11paragraphs (5) to (7B)], it is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of the relevant Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a time when the claimant was not a universal credit claimant.

(4) The relevant Regulations are—

(a)in relation to a claim for income support, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M3 (“the 1987 Regulations”);

(b)in relation to a claim for housing benefit, the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M4 (“the 2006 Regulations”) or, as the case may be, [F12the 2006 (SPC) Regulations];

(c)in relation to a claim for a tax credit, the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 M5.

(5) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from making a claim for income support if—

(a)first notification of the claimant's intention to make that claim was made, or deemed to be made, for the purposes of regulation 6(1A)(c) [F13or 6A] of the 1987 Regulations M6, before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

(b)in accordance with the 1987 Regulations, the claimant's entitlement to income support in connection with the claim will (if the claimant is entitled to income support) pre-date—

(i)the date, or anticipated date, of the claimant's entitlement to universal credit in connection with the current award or claim; or

(ii)where the claimant is a new claimant partner and regulation 7(4) would apply to the award, the date on which it would terminate in accordance with that provision.

(6) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from making a claim for housing benefit if—

(a)first notification of the claimant's intention to make that claim was given (within the meaning of regulation 83(5)(d) of the 2006 Regulations M7 or, as the case may be, regulation 64(6)(d) of the 2006 (SPC) Regulations M8) before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

(b)in accordance with the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, the 2006 (SPC) Regulations, the claimant's entitlement to housing benefit in connection with the claim will (if the claimant is entitled to housing benefit) pre-date—

(i)the date, or anticipated date, of the claimant's entitlement to universal credit in connection with the current award or claim; or

(ii)where the claimant is a new claimant partner and regulation 7(5)(b) would apply to the award, the date on which it would terminate in accordance with the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, the 2006 (SPC) Regulations.

(7) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from correcting or completing a claim for housing benefit which was defective within the meaning of the 2006 Regulations or the 2006 (SPC) Regulations if—

(a)the defective claim was made before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

(b)in accordance with the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, the 2006 (SPC) Regulations, the claimant's entitlement to housing benefit in connection with the claim will (if the claimant is entitled to housing benefit) pre-date—

(i)the date, or anticipated date, of the claimant's entitlement to universal credit in connection with the current award or claim; or

(ii)where the claimant is a new claimant partner and regulation 7(5)(b) would apply to the award, the date on which it would terminate in accordance with the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, the 2006 (SPC) Regulations.

[F14(7A) A claimant who is a universal credit claimant by virtue of sub-paragraph (ba) of paragraph (2) (and no other sub-paragraph) is not precluded from—

(a)making a claim for income support for a period starting on or after the relevant date if first notification of the claimant’s intention to make that claim was made, or deemed to be made, for the purposes of regulation 6(1A)(c) or 6A of the 1987 Regulations, during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015;

(b)making a claim for housing benefit for a period starting on or after the relevant date if first notification of the claimant’s intention to make that claim was given (within the meaning of regulation 83(5)(d) of the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 64(6)(d) of the 2006 (SPC) Regulations), during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015;

(c)correcting or completing a claim for housing benefit for a period starting on or after the relevant date, where that claim was defective within the meaning of the 2006 Regulations or the 2006 (SPC) Regulations and was made during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015.

(7B) For the purposes of paragraph (7A), the “relevant date” is—

(a)where the conditions in regulation 6(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations are met in relation to the claimant, the day after the claimant’s last day of entitlement to universal credit;

(b)where the conditions in regulation 6(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations are met in relation to the claimant, the first date on which the claimant would have been entitled to universal credit if the claimant had been so entitled.]

(8) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from making a claim for housing benefit in respect of [F15specified accommodation] [F16or temporary accommodation].

[F17(8A) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from making a claim for housing benefit under the 2006 (SPC) Regulations during the last assessment period for universal credit, where the claimant reaches the qualifying age for state pension credit and paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to the Decisions and Appeals Regulations applies, in respect of entitlement arising from the date the claimant reaches that age.]

(9) A universal credit claimant is not precluded from making a claim for a tax credit which the claimant is treated as having made by virtue of regulation 7(7) or 8(4)(a).

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Reg. 6 appl.(with mods) (21.11.2014) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 20 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3094), art. 6(10)

Marginal Citations

M6Regulation 6(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1997/793; sub-paragraph (b) was amended by S.I.2009/1490.

M7Regulation 83(5) has been amended by S.I. 2007/2911, 2008/1082, 2008/2299 and 2013/2070.

M8Regulation 64(6) has been amended by S.I. 2007/2911 and 2008/2299.

Termination of awards of certain existing benefits: new claimant partnersU.K.

7.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a person (“A”) who was previously entitled to universal credit F18... ceases to be so entitled on becoming a member of a couple;

(b)the other member of the couple (“the new claimant partner”) was not entitled to universal credit F19... immediately before formation of the couple;

(c)the couple is treated, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having made a claim for universal credit; and

(d)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimants meet the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which they are not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

(2) Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), where this regulation applies, all awards of income support or housing benefit to which the new claimant partner would (were it not for the effect of these Regulations) have been entitled during the relevant period are to terminate, by virtue of this regulation—

(a)on the day before the first date on which the joint claimants are entitled to universal credit in connection with the claim; or

(b)if the joint claimants are not entitled to universal credit, on the day before the first date on which they would have been so entitled, if all of the basic and financial conditions applicable to them had been met; or

(c)if the new claimant partner became entitled to an award after the date on which it would otherwise terminate under sub-paragraph (a) or (b), at the beginning of the first day of entitlement to that award.

(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “the relevant period” is the period starting with the first day of the assessment period (in relation to A's award of universal credit) during which A and the new claimant partner formed a couple and ending with the date of formation of the couple.

(4) Where the new claimant partner was entitled during the relevant period to income support, he or she was at that time a member of a couple and the award included an amount in respect of the new claimant partner and their partner at that time (“P”), the award of income support terminates, by virtue of this regulation, on the date on which the new claimant partner and P ceased to be a couple for the purposes of the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987, unless it terminates on that date in accordance with other legislative provision, or terminated on an earlier date.

(5) An award of housing benefit to which the new claimant partner is entitled does not terminate by virtue of this regulation where—

(a)the award is in respect of [F20specified accommodation] [F21or temporary accommodation]; F22...

(b)the new claimant partner leaves the accommodation in respect of which housing benefit was paid, in order to live with A[F23; or

(c)the new claimant partner has reached the qualifying age for state pension credit and the award is made in accordance with the 2006 (SPC) Regulations]

(6) Where an award terminates by virtue of this regulation, any legislative provision under which the award terminates on a later date does not apply.

(7) Where the new claimant partner was, immediately before forming a couple with A, treated by regulation 11 as being entitled to a tax credit, the new claimant partner is to be treated, for the purposes of the 2002 Act, as having made a claim for the tax credit in question for the current tax year.

Textual Amendments

F18Words in reg. 7(1)(a) omitted 26.11.2014 by The Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 S.I. 2014/2887, reg. 1, 3(3)

F19Words in reg. 7(1)(b) omitted 26.11.2014 by The Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014 S.I. 2014/2887, reg. 1, 3(3)

F20Words in reg. 7(5)(a) substituted (3.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1626), reg. 1(2), 3(2)(c)

Termination of awards of certain existing benefits: other claimantsU.K.

8.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a claim for universal credit (other than a claim which is treated, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having been made) is made; and

(b)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

(2) [F24Where] this regulation applies, all awards of F25...a tax credit to which the claimant (or, in the case of joint claimants, either of them) is entitled on the date on which the claim is made are to terminate, by virtue of this regulation—

(a)on the day before the first date on which the claimant is entitled to universal credit in connection with the claim; or

(b)if the claimant is not entitled to universal credit, on the day before the first date on which he or she would have been so entitled, if all of the basic and financial conditions applicable to the claimant had been met.

[F26(2A) Subject to paragraph (3), where this regulation applies, an award of [F27income support or] housing benefit to which the claimant is entitled on the day mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b) terminates on the last day of the period of two weeks beginning with the day after that day (whether or not the person is also entitled to an award of F28... a tax credit).]

(3) An award of housing benefit to which a claimant is entitled in respect of [F29specified accommodation] [F30or temporary accommodation] does not terminate by virtue of this regulation.

(4) Where this regulation applies and the claimant (or, in the case of joint claimants, either of them) is treated by regulation 11 as being entitled to a tax credit—

(a)the claimant (or, as the case may be, the relevant claimant) is to be treated, for the purposes of the 2002 Act and this regulation, as having made a claim for the tax credit in question for the current tax year; and

(b)if the claimant (or the relevant claimant) is entitled on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made to an award of a tax credit which is made in respect of a claim which is treated as having been made by virtue of sub-paragraph (a), that award is to terminate, by virtue of this regulation—

(i)on the day before the first date on which the claimant is entitled to universal credit; or

(ii)if the claimant is not entitled to universal credit, on the day before the first date on which he or she would have been so entitled, if all of the basic and financial conditions applicable to the claimant had been met.

(5) Where an award terminates by virtue of this regulation, any legislative provision under which the award terminates on a later date does not apply.

Textual Amendments

F29Words in reg. 8(3) substituted (3.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1626), reg. 1(2), 3(2)(d)

[F31Transitional housing paymentU.K.

8A.  Where an award of housing benefit terminates under regulation 8[F32, 46 or 47]—

(a)the claimant is to be treated for the purposes of the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 as entitled to universal credit during the period of two weeks mentioned in regulation 8(2A)[F33, 46(1) or 47(2)], even if no decision has been made on the claim; F34...

(b)if a claim for universal credit is made because the claimant moves to new accommodation occupied as the claimant's home, then, notwithstanding anything in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, housing benefit is to be paid directly to the claimant during the period of two weeks mentioned in regulation 8(2A)[F35, 46(1) or 47(2)]][F36; and]

[F36(c)if a claim for universal credit is made by a notified person then, notwithstanding anything in the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006, the weekly amount of housing benefit to which the person is entitled for that period of two weeks is the same as the weekly amount they were entitled to on the first day of that period.]

Textual Amendments

[F37Effect on universal credit award of two week run-on of income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowanceU.K.

8B.  In a case where an award of income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance is to continue for two weeks after the commencement of an award of universal credit by virtue of regulation 8(2A), 46(1) or 47(2) or by virtue of regulation 5 (two week run-on of income-based jobseeker’s allowance and income-related employment and support allowance: day appointed for abolition) of the Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019—

(a)regulation 79 of the Universal Credit Regulations applies as if the benefit in question was not included in the list of welfare benefits in section 96(10) of the Act (benefit cap); and

(b)in a case where the claimant has become entitled to an award of new style JSA or new style ESA on the termination of an award of income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance, the claimant is to be treated, for the purposes of regulation 73 of the Universal Credit Regulations (unearned income calculated monthly), as if they had been entitled to that award of new style JSA or new style ESA from the first day of the award of universal credit.]

Textual Amendments

Treatment of ongoing entitlement to certain benefits: benefit capU.K.

9.—(1) This regulation applies where a claimant who is a new claimant partner, or who has (in accordance with regulation 26 of the Universal Credit Regulations) been awarded universal credit in respect of a period preceding the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made—

(a)is entitled, in respect of the whole or part of the first assessment period for universal credit, to a welfare benefit (other than universal credit) mentioned in [F38section 96(10) of the Act (benefit cap)]; and

(b)is entitled to housing benefit at any time during the first assessment period for universal credit, or would be so entitled were it not for the effect of these Regulations.

(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 79 of the Universal Credit Regulations applies, in relation to the claimant, as if the benefit in question was not included in the list of welfare benefits in [F39section 96(10) of the Act].

Textual Amendments

F38Words in reg. 9(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/909), regs. 1(1), 5(a)

F39Words in reg. 9(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/909), regs. 1(1), 5(b)

Treatment of overpaymentsU.K.

10.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was previously entitled to an existing benefit other than a tax credit or a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance; and

(b)a payment of the existing benefit is made which includes payment (“the overpayment”) in respect of a period—

(i)during which the claimant is not entitled to that benefit (including non-entitlement which arises from termination of an award by virtue of an order made under section 150(3) of the Act or regulation 7, 8, or 14); and

(ii)which falls within an assessment period for universal credit.

(2) Where this regulation applies, for the purposes of calculating the amount of an award of universal credit in respect of an assessment period—

(a)regulation 66 of the Universal Credit Regulations (what is included in unearned income?) applies as if the overpayment which was made in respect of that assessment period were added to the descriptions of unearned income in paragraph (1)(b) of that regulation; and

(b)regulation 73 of the Universal Credit Regulations (unearned income calculated monthly) does not apply to the overpayment.

(3) In so far as any overpayment is taken into account in calculating the amount of an award of universal credit in accordance with this regulation, that payment may not be recovered as an overpayment under—

(a)the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 M9;

(b)the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M10; or

(c)[F40the 2006 (SPC) Regulations].

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M10See regulations 99 to 107, as amended.

[F41Arrears of benefit disregarded as capitalU.K.

10A.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to the calculation of an award of universal credit (the “current award”) where the claimant has received a payment of arrears of benefit [F42or armed forces independence payment], or a payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of benefit [F42or armed forces independence payment], of £5,000 or more, and the following conditions are met—

(a)the payment—

(i)is received during the current award; or

(ii)was received during an award of an existing benefit or state pension credit (the “earlier award”) and the claimant became entitled to the current award within one month of the date of termination of the earlier award;

(b)in the case of a payment falling within sub-paragraph (a)(i), it would be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital if the claimant were entitled to an existing benefit or state pension credit;

(c)in the case of a payment falling within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), it was disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for the purposes of the earlier award; and

(d)the period of entitlement to benefit [F43or armed forces independence payment] to which the payment relates commences before the first date on which, by virtue of section 33 of the Act (abolition of benefits), no claimant is entitled to an existing benefit.

(2) Where this regulation applies, notwithstanding anything in the Universal Credit Regulations, the payment is to be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for 12 months from the date of receipt of the payment, or until the termination of the current award (if later).]

[F44(3) “Armed forces independence payment” means armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011.]

Textual Amendments

[F45Arrears of maternity allowance disregarded as capitalU.K.

10B.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to the calculation of an award of universal credit where—

(a)the conditions set out in regulation 10A(1)(a) to (d) are met; and

(b)the claimant has received a payment of arrears of maternity allowance, or a payment made to compensate for arrears due to the non-payment of maternity allowance, of under £5,000.

(2) Where this regulation applies, notwithstanding anything in the Universal Credit Regulations, the payment is to be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for 12 months from the date of receipt of the payment.

(3) “Maternity allowance” means a maternity allowance under section 35 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (state maternity allowance for employed or self-employed earner).]

Textual Amendments

[F46Compensatory payment disregarded as capitalU.K.

10C.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to the calculation of an award of universal credit where—

(a)the claimant has received a payment made to rectify, or to compensate for, an error made by an officer of the Department for Work and Pensions which was not caused or materially contributed to by any person outside the Department and which prevented or delayed an assessment of the claimant’s entitlement to contributory employment and support allowance; and

(b)the payment is received before the first date on which, by virtue of section 33 of the Act (abolition of benefits), no claimant is entitled to an existing benefit.

(2) Where this regulation applies and the amount of the payment is less than £5,000, the payment is to be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for 12 months from the date of receipt of the payment.

(3) Where—

(a)this regulation applies;

(b)the amount of the payment is £5,000 or more; and

(c)the conditions set out in regulation 10A(1)(a) and (c) are met,

the payment is to be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for 12 months from the date of receipt of the payment, or until the termination of the current award (if later).]

Textual Amendments

Ongoing awards of tax creditsU.K.

11.—(1) For the purposes of [F47these Regulations]—

(a)a person is to be treated as being entitled to working tax credit with effect from the start of the current tax year even though a decision has not been made under section 14 of the 2002 Act in respect of a claim for that tax credit for that tax year, if the person was entitled to working tax credit for the previous tax year and any of the cases specified in paragraph (2) applies; and

(b)a person is to be treated as being entitled to child tax credit with effect from the start of the current tax year even though a decision has not been made under section 14 of the 2002 Act in respect of a claim for that tax credit for that tax year, if the person was entitled to child tax credit for the previous tax year and any of the cases specified in paragraph (2) applies.

[F48and references to an award of a tax credit are to be read accordingly]

(2) The cases are—

(a)a final notice has not been given to the person under section 17 of the 2002 Act in respect of the previous tax year;

(b)a final notice has been given, which includes provision by virtue of subsection (2) or (4) of section 17, or a combination of those subsections and subsection (6) and—

(i)the date specified in the notice for the purposes of section 17(2) and (4) or, where different dates are specified, the later of them, has not yet passed and no claim for a tax credit for the current tax year has been made, or treated as made; or

(ii)a claim for a tax credit has been made, or treated as made, on or before the date mentioned in paragraph (i), but no decision has been made in relation to that claim under section 14(1) of the 2002 Act;

(c)a final notice has been given, no claim for a tax credit for the current year has been made, or treated as made, and no decision has been made under section 18(1) of the 2002 Act in respect of entitlement to a tax credit for the previous tax year; F49...

[F50(ca)a final notice has been given and the person made a declaration in response to a requirement included in that notice by virtue of section 17(2)(a), (4)(a) or (6)(a), or any combination of those provisions—

(i)by the date specified on the final notice;

(ii)if not in accordance with paragraph (i), within 30 days following the date on the notice to the person that payments of tax credit under section 24(4) of the 2002 Act have ceased due to the person's failure to make the declaration by the date specified in the final notice; or

(iii)if not in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii), before 31 January in the tax year following the period to which the final notice relates and, in the opinion of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, the person had good reason for not making the declaration in accordance with paragraph (i) or (ii); or]

(d)a final notice has been given and—

(i)the person did not make a declaration in response to provision included in that notice by virtue of section 17(2)(a), (4)(a) or (6)(a), or any combination of those provisions, by the date specified in the notice;

(ii)the person was given due notice that payments of tax credit under section 24(4) of the 2002 Act had ceased due to his or her failure to make the declaration; and

(iii)the person's claim for universal credit is made during the period of 30 days starting with the date on the notice referred to in paragraph (ii) or, where the person is a new claimant partner, notification of formation of a couple with a person entitled to universal credit is given to the Secretary of State during that period.

Textual Amendments

Modification of tax credits legislation: overpayments and penaltiesU.K.

12.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a claim for universal credit is made, or is treated as having been made;

(b)the claimant is, or was at any time during the tax year in which the claim is made or treated as made, entitled to a tax credit; and

(c)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

(2) Where this regulation applies, the 2002 Act applies in relation to the claimant with the following modifications.

(3) In section 28—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)after “tax year” in both places where it occurs, insert “ or part tax year ”;

[F51(ii)in paragraph (b), for the words from “as if it were” to the end substitute “as an overpayment of universal credit”;]

F52(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)omit subsection (5);

(d)in subsection (6) omit “(apart from subsection (5))”.

F53(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) In section 48 after the definition of “overpayment” insert—

““part tax year” means a period of less than a year beginning with 6th April and ending with the date on which the award of a tax credit terminated,”.

(6) In Schedule 2, in paragraph 6(1)(a) and (c) and (2)(a), after “for the tax year” insert “ or part tax year ”.

Textual Amendments

[F54Modification of tax credits legislation: finalisation of tax creditsU.K.

12A.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a claim for universal credit is made, or is treated as having been made;

(b)the claimant is, or was at any time during the tax year in which the claim is made or treated as made, entitled to a tax credit; and

(c)the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where this regulation applies, the amount of the tax credit to which the person is entitled is to be calculated in accordance with the 2002 Act and regulations made under that Act, as modified by the Schedule to these Regulations (“the modified legislation”).

(3) Where, in the opinion of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, it is not reasonably practicable to apply the modified legislation in relation to any case or category of cases, the 2002 Act and regulations made under that Act are to apply without modification in that case or category of cases.]

Textual Amendments

F54Reg. 12A inserted (13.10.2014) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (s.I. 2014/1626), reg. 1(2), 4(1)

Appeals etc relating to certain existing benefitsU.K.

13.—(1) This regulation applies where, after an award of universal credit has been made to a claimant—

(a)an appeal against a decision relating to the entitlement of the claimant to income support, housing benefit or a tax credit (a “relevant benefit”) is finally determined;

(b)a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to income support is revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) or superseded under section 10 of that Act;

(c)a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to housing benefit is revised or superseded under Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 M11; or

(d)a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to a tax credit is revised under section 19 or 20 of the 2002 Act, or regulations made under section 21 of that Act, or is varied or cancelled under section 21A of that Act M12.

(2) Where the claimant is a new claimant partner and, as a result of determination of the appeal or, as the case may be, revision or supersession of the decision the claimant would (were it not for the effect of these Regulations) be entitled to income support or housing benefit during the relevant period mentioned in regulation 7(3), awards of those benefits are to terminate in accordance with regulation 7.

(3) Where the claimant is not a new claimant partner and, as a result of determination of the appeal or, as the case may be, revision, supersession, variation or cancellation of the decision, the claimant would (were it not for the effect of these Regulations) be entitled to a relevant benefit on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made, awards of relevant benefits are to terminate in accordance with regulation 8[F55, 46 or 47].

(4) The Secretary of State is to consider whether it is appropriate to revise under section 9 of the 1998 Act the decision in relation to entitlement to universal credit or, if that decision has been superseded under section 10 of that Act, the decision as so superseded (in either case, “the UC decision”).

(5) Where it appears to the Secretary of State to be appropriate to revise the UC decision, it is to be revised in such manner as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary to take account of—

(a)the decision of the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal or court, or, as the case may be, the decision relating to entitlement to a relevant benefit, as revised, superseded, varied or cancelled; and

(b)any finding of fact by the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal or court.

Textual Amendments

Marginal Citations

M12Section 21A was inserted by S.I. 2014/886.

Appeals etc relating to universal creditU.K.

14.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a decision is made that a claimant is not entitled to universal credit (“the UC decision”);

(b)the claimant becomes entitled to income support, housing benefit or a tax credit (a “ relevant benefit ”);

(c)an appeal against the UC decision is finally determined, or the decision is revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998;

(d)an award of universal credit is made to the claimant in consequence of entitlement arising from the appeal, or from the decision as revised; and

(e)the claimant would (were it not for the effect of regulation 5 and this regulation) be entitled to both universal credit and a relevant benefit in respect of the same period.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), where this regulation applies—

(a)all awards of a relevant benefit to which the claimant would (were it not for the effect of these Regulations) be entitled are to terminate, by virtue of this regulation, at the beginning of the first day of entitlement to that award; and

(b)any legislative provision [F56except regulation 8(2A)] under which an award would otherwise terminate on a later date does not apply.

(3) An award of housing benefit to which a claimant is entitled in respect of [F57specified accommodation] [F58or temporary accommodation] does not terminate by virtue of this regulation.

Textual Amendments

F57Words in reg. 14(3) substituted (3.11.2014) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1626), reg. 1(2), 3(2)(e)