The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 No. 1230

PART 2 U.K. TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHAPTER 3 U.K. EFFECT OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

[F1 Transition from jobseeker’s allowance following an extended period of sickness U.K.

20A.— (1) This regulation applies where—

(a) the claimant’s first day of entitlement to universal credit (“the relevant date”), immediately follows the claimant’s last day of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance; and

(b) immediately before the relevant date, the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work under regulation 55ZA of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or regulation 46A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 (extended period of sickness).

(2) Where this regulation applies—

(a) regulation 28(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which F2 ... LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply; and

(b) for the purposes of regulation 28 of those Regulations, the relevant period is the period starting with the first day of the period for which the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work as specified in paragraph (1)(b).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 20A inserted (30.3.2015) by The Jobseeker's Allowance (Extended Period of Sickness) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/339), regs. 1, 6

F2 Words in reg. 20A(2)(a) omitted (3.4.2017) by virtue of The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/204), regs. 1, 5(4) (with Sch. 2 paras. 8-15)