5.—(1) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a), the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 apply for the purposes of deciding—
(a)whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is made or is to be treated as made; and
(b)the day on which the claim is made or is to be treated as made.
(2) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a), in determining whether a person falls within the Pathfinder Group, the requirements of regulations 5 to 12 of the Transitional Regulations are to be read as though any reference to making a claim for universal credit included a reference to making a claim for an employment and support allowance or for a jobseeker’s allowance as the case may be.
(3) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a) to (d), the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—
(a)whether a claim for universal credit is made or is to be treated as made; and
(b)the day on which the claim is made or is to be treated as made.
(4) For the purposes of article 4(3)(a)—
(a)in the case of a claim for universal credit, where the time for making a claim is extended under regulation 26(2) of the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 (time within which a claim for universal credit is to be made), the reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made or treated as made is a reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is, by reason of the operation of that provision, timeously made or treated as made;
(b)in the case of a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance, where the time for making a claim is extended under regulation 19 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987(1), the reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made or treated as made is a reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is, by reason of the operation of those provisions, timeously made or treated as made.