2.—(1) The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) insert at the appropriate place in paragraph (1)—
““severe disability premium” means the premium in relation to an employment and support allowance under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(2) or, as the case may be, the corresponding premium in relation to income support, old style JSA or housing benefit;”.
(3) After regulation 4 insert—
4A. No claim may be made for universal credit on or after 16th January 2019 by a single claimant who, or joint claimants either of whom—
(a)is, or has been within the past month, entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a severe disability premium; and
(b)in a case where the award ended during that month, has continued to satisfy the conditions for eligibility for a severe disability premium.”
S.I. 2014/1230. There are amendments but none is relevant.
S.I. 2008/794. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/1160, 2011/2425, 2011/2428, 2013/388 and 591, 2014/2888 and 2015/1754.