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The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 and come into force at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are laid, except as provided by paragraph (2).
(2) Regulation 6 comes into force on 11th April 2016.
(3) Where any amendment made by these Regulations applies in respect of an existing award of universal credit, that amendment has effect for the purposes of that award—
(a)on the date on which that amendment comes into force, if there is an assessment period for the award that begins on that day; or
(b)if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, on the first day of the next assessment period for the award beginning after that day.
(4) In this regulation—
“assessment period” has the meaning given by section 7(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012; and
“existing award of universal credit” means an award of universal credit that exists on the date on which the relevant amendment comes into force.
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