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The Universal Credit (Restriction on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2019

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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Restriction on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st February 2019.

Amendments to the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

2.—(1) The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.

(2) Omit regulation 39 (restriction on claims for universal credit during the interim period).

(3) Omit regulation 40 (availability of the child element where maximum exceeded - transitionally protected children and qualifying young persons).

Amendment to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

3.  In regulation 24A(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(2) for “in the circumstances” to “Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014” substitute “if the child or qualifying young person was born before 6th April 2017.”

Consequential amendments

4.—(1) In article 5A(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment) Order 2013(3) omit “or regulation 39 of those Regulations (restriction on claims for universal credit during the interim period)”.

(2) In paragraph (11) of article 6 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015(4) omit “or 39”.

(3) In paragraph (2) of article 7 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015(5) omit “or 39”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Alok Sharma

Minister of State for Employment

Department for Work and Pensions

11th January 2019 at 9.40 a.m.

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