Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013

6.  In the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013(1), in regulation 5(1) (payment on account of benefit where there is no award of benefit)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “and”;

(b) at the end of sub-paragraph (c) omit “.” and insert “; and”;

(c) after sub-paragraph (c) insert—

“(d) where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of universal credit, A has been allocated a national insurance number.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/383; regulation 5(1)(b) was amended by S.I. 2014/2888.