SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2Universal credit: amendments

6Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)

1

Section 15A (payment out of benefit of sums in respect of mortgage interest) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

in paragraph (a), after “entitled, to“ there is inserted “universal credit,”;

b

in paragraph (b), after “determining“ there is inserted “the maximum amount for the purposes of universal credit or”;

c

in the words after paragraph (b), after “whose” there is inserted “maximum amount for the purposes of universal credit or”.

3

In subsection (4)—

a

in the definition of “qualifying associate”—

i

before “falls” there is inserted “or universal credit”;

ii

before “as responsible” there is inserted “or Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012”;

b

in the definition of “relevant benefits”, before paragraph (a) there is inserted—

za

universal credit;