Period covered by loan payments8
1
The period in respect of which the loan payments shall be made shall begin on the later of—
a
6th April 2018;
b
in the case of a UC claimant F4, except where sub-paragraph (ba) or (bb) applies, or legacy benefit claimant, the day after the day on which the qualifying period ends;
F5ba
in the case of a couple where one member is an SPC claimant receiving loan payments, the first day of entitlement to universal credit as a couple;
bb
in the case of a couple where one member was formerly an SPC claimant receiving loan payments, the first day of entitlement to universal credit as a couple, if the first day of that entitlement is within the period of one month beginning with the day on which the entitlement to state pension credit ended;
F1c
in the case of an F6SPC claimant (who is not in a couple), the first day of entitlement to state pension credit;
d
the transitional end day.
F2e
a date requested by the claimant.
F32
If the day referred to in F7sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of paragraph (1) is not the first day of the claimant’s benefit week, in the case of a legacy benefit claimant or SPC claimant, or assessment period, in the case of a UC claimant, the day referred to shall be the first day of the first benefit week or first assessment period that begins after that date.
F83
In this regulation, “couple” means a couple entitled to universal credit as joint claimants under regulation 3(1)(a) of the UC Regulations.