The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Extended Period of Sickness) Amendment Regulations 2015

Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

6.  After regulation 20 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014(1) insert—

“Transition from jobseeker’s allowance following an extended period of sickness

20A.— (1) This regulation applies where—

(a) the claimant’s first day of entitlement to universal credit (“the relevant date”), immediately follows the claimant’s last day of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance; and

(b) immediately before the relevant date, the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work under regulation 55ZA of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or regulation 46A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 (extended period of sickness).

(2) Where this regulation applies—

(a) regulation 28(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which LCW or LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply; and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 28 of those Regulations, the relevant period is the period starting with the first day of the period for which the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work as specified in paragraph (1)(b).”.

(1)

S.I.2014/1230.