The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013

Made: 25th February 2013

Coming into force: 29th April 2013

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PART 1 — INTRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION

Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — FIRST STAGE OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHAPTER 1 — ENTITLEMENT TO CLAIM UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Entitlement to claim universal credit

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CHAPTER 2 — THE PATHFINDER GROUP

The Pathfinder Group

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Personal characteristics

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Fitness to work

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Existing benefits

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Existing benefits: ongoing awards of tax credits

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Income and capital

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Housing

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Caring responsibilities

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Other requirements

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CHAPTER 3 — TREATMENT OF INVALID CLAIMS FOR UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Incorrect information regarding entitlement to claim

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CHAPTER 4 — AWARDS OF UNIVERSAL CREDIT WITHOUT A CLAIM

Awards of universal credit without a claim

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PART 3 — EFFECT OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHAPTER 1 — ENTITLEMENT TO EXISTING BENEFITS

Exclusion of entitlement to existing benefits

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Termination of awards of existing benefits

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Finalisation of tax credits and modification of tax credits legislation

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Ongoing appeals etc

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CHAPTER 2 — TRANSITION FROM EXISTING BENEFITS TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Advance payments of universal credit

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Benefit Cap

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Income from existing benefits

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Deductions from benefits

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Transition from employment and support allowance

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Transition from employment and support allowance before the end of the assessment phase

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Transition from income support based on incapacity

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Transition from other incapacity benefits

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Transition from other incapacity benefits: claimants approaching pensionable age

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Transition from other incapacity benefits: supplementary

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Support for housing costs

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Sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance

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Escalation of sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance

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Sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance

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Escalation of sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance

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Sanctions: temporary return to existing benefits

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Loss of benefit penalties

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SCHEDULE — MODIFICATIONS TO TAX CREDITS LEGISLATION

Modifications to the Tax Credits Act 2002

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Modifications to the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002

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Modifications to the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002

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Modifications to the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002

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Modification to the Tax Credits (Payment by the Commissioners) Regulations 2002

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Modification to the Tax Credits (Residence) Regulations 2003

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Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Freud — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — 2013-02-25

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2012 c.5.

[^f00002]: Seesection 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The requirement to refer regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee does not apply where regulations are contained in a statutory instrument made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the enactment under which the regulations were made.

[^f00003]: 1992 c.5.

[^f00004]: 2007 c.5.

[^f00005]: Seereg 21.

[^f00006]: S.I. 2013/380.

[^f00007]: 1995 c.18. See s.1(4).

[^f00009]: 1992 c.4.

[^f00010]: 2002 c.21.

[^f00011]: 1998 c.14.

[^f00012]: See s.1(4).

[^f00014]: Seess.1(2) and 48(1).

[^f00015]: S.I. 2013/376

[^f00016]: Seereg 10.

[^f00017]: See reg 4.

[^f00018]: S.I. 1976/615. Sch 1 was substituted by S.I. 2010/137.

[^f00019]: 1992 c.4.

[^f00020]: See the Act, s.77.

[^f00021]: 1998 c.14. See, in relation to consideration of revision under s.9, s.12(2)(b) and (3A), inserted by the Act.

[^f00022]: 2000 c.19.

[^f00023]: 1996 c.52.

[^f00024]: See the Act, s.40.

[^f00025]: 1991 c.48.

[^f00026]: 2005 c.9.

[^f00027]: 1983 c.20.

[^f00028]: S.I. 1987/1968, as amended.

[^f00029]: S.I. 2006/213, as amended.

[^f00030]: S.I. 2006/214, as amended.

[^f00031]: S.I. 2002/2014, as amended.

[^f00032]: See s.3 of the Act.

[^f00033]: S.I. 1987/1968. Para (1A) of reg 6 was inserted by S.I. 1997/793 and sub-para (b) was amended by S.I. 2009/1490; para (1F) was substituted by S.I.2009/1490; para (3) was inserted by S.I. 1988/522 and amended by S.I. 1988/1725, 1991/2284, 1997/793 and 1999/2572; para (4ZC) was inserted by S.I. 2000/1982 and sub-para (b) was amended by S.I. 2009/1490; para (16) was substituted by S.I. 2000/1596; para (19) was substituted by S.I. 2000/1596 and amended by S.I. 2002/428, 2006/2377 and 2007/2470; para (28) was amended by S.I. 2003/455; para (30) was inserted by S.I. 2002/428 and amended by S.I. 2007/2470.

[^f00034]: S.I. 2006/213. Reg 83(5) has been amended by S.I. 2007/ 2911, 2008/2299 and 2008/1082.

[^f00035]: S.I. 2006/214. Reg 64(6) has been amended by S.I. 2007/2911 and 2008/2299.

[^f00036]: S.I. 2002/2014. Reg 7 has been amended by S.I. 2003/723, 2009/2887 and 2012/848; reg 8 was substituted by S.I. 2009/697 and has been amended by S.I. 2009/2887 and 2012/848; reg 11(3) was substituted by S.I. 2008/604 and has been amended by S.I. 2009/697 and 2010/751.

[^f00037]: See reg 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations and reg 3(4) of these Regulations.

[^f00038]: S.I. 1987/1968. Reg 35 was substituted by S.I. 1988/522, amended by S.I. 2001/18 and 2002/2441 and partially revoked by S.I. 2003/492.

[^f00039]: In which case, seereg 24(3).

[^f00040]: Seess.4 and 24(2).

[^f00041]: See reg 27.

[^f00042]: See reg 23(8).

[^f00043]: See reg 23(8).

[^f00044]: See reg 23(8)..

[^f00045]: S.I. 2010/1907, amended by S.I. 2010/2430, 2011/2425 and 2012/913.

[^f00046]: See reg 23(8).

[^f00047]: SeeS.I. 2010/1907, reg 4(5)(a).

[^f00048]: See the Act, ss. 78-80.

[^f00049]: See reg 23(8).

[^f00050]: S.I. 1996/207. Para 15 was amended by S.I. 2008/2767; para 16 was amended by S.I. 2006/217 and 2006/2378. The Regulations have been modified in their application to certain claimants by S.I. 2008/3195, as amended by S.I. 2009/3257 and 2011/2425.

[^f00051]: S.I. 2008/794. The Regulations have been modified in their application to certain claimants by S.I. 2008/3195, as amended by S.I. 2009/3257.

[^f00052]: S.I. 1987/1967. Para 16 was amended by S.I. 2008/2767; para 17 was amended by S.I. 2006/217 and 2006/2378. The Regulations have been modified in their application to certain claimants by S.I. 2008/3195, as amended by S.I. 2009/3257.

[^f00053]: Para 6(1) and 8(1) were amended by S.I. 1995/2927.

[^f00054]: Para 13 was amended by S.I. 1996/1516, 1996/1517, 1996/2538, 1997/827, 1997/2863, 1998/2231, 1999/714, 1999/1921, 1999/2860, 2000/724, 2000/1978, 2001/488, 2001/1029, 2002/841, 2002/3019, 2005/2465, 2006/2378, 2008/698, 2008/1554, 2008/1826, 2008/2767, 2009/480, 2011/674 and 2011/2425. See also para 18(1)(c) of Sch 2.

[^f00055]: Para 15 was amended by S.I. 2008/2428, 2011/674, 2011/2425 and 2011/2428. See also para 20(1)(c) of Sch 6.

[^f00056]: Para 14 was amended by S.I. 1995/2927, 1996/206, 1996/1944, 1997/2863, 1998/2231, 1999/714, 1999/1921, 1999/3178, 2000/724, 2000/1981, 2001/488, 2001/1029, 2002/841, 2002/3019, 2005/2465, 2006/2378, 2008/698, 2008/1554, 2008/2428, 2008/2767 and 2011/674. See also S.I. 1996/206, reg 32.

[^f00057]: S.I. 2008/794; reg 63 was amended by S.I. 2011/1349 and 2012/2756.

[^f00058]: See reg 101(1).

[^f00059]: See s.46.

[^f00060]: S.I.1996/207; reg 69B was inserted by S.I. 2012/2568.

[^f00061]: Seereg 111.

[^f00062]: Reg 74B was inserted by S.I. 2000/1978 and amended by S.I. 2010/509.

[^f00063]: 2001 c.11. See ss. 6B and 7.

[^f00064]: See s.9.

[^f00065]: S.I. 2001/4022.

[^f00066]: S.I. 2002/2006.

[^f00067]: Reg 3 was amended by S.I. 2003/732, 2003/2815, 2006/745, 2006/766, 2007/824 and 2007/1305.

[^f00068]: Reg 4 was amended by S.I. 2003/732, 2003/2815, 2004/762, 2004/2663, 2006/766, 2007/824, 2008/604, 2008/2169, 2009/2887, 2010/2494 and 2012/848.

[^f00069]: Reg 5 was amended by S.I. 2003/732, 2006/745, 2006/766, 2008/604 and 2010/2914.

[^f00070]: Reg 6 was amended by S.I. 2006/766.

[^f00071]: Reg 7 was amended by S.I. 2003/732, 2003/2815, 2008/1879, 2009/697 and 2010/2494.

[^f00072]: Reg 8 was amended by S.I. 2003/2815, 2006/766, 2008/2169 and 2012/848.

[^f00073]: Reg 10 was amended by S.I. 2003/732, 2003/2815, 2006/766, 2007/824 and 2010/751.

[^f00074]: Reg 11(1) was amended by S.I. 2003/2815 and 2006/766.

[^f00075]: Reg 12(1) was amended by S.I. 2006/766.

[^f00076]: Reg 18 was amended by S.I. 2006/766.

[^f00077]: S.I. 2002/2008.

[^f00078]: Reg 7(3) was amended by S.I. 2008/796, 2011/1035 and 2012/849.

[^f00079]: Reg 8(3) was amended by S.I. 2011/1035 and 2012/849.

[^f00080]: S.I. 2002/2014.

[^f00081]: Reg 4(b) was amended by S.I. 2009/697.

[^f00082]: Reg 11 was amended by S.I. 2004/762, 2008/604, 2009/697 and 2010/751.

[^f00083]: Reg 12 was amended by S.I. 2010/751 and 2010/2914.

[^f00084]: Reg 13(1) was amended by S.I. 2005/2919 and 2008/2169.

[^f00085]: Reg 13(2) was amended by S.I. 2005/2919and 2010/751.

[^f00086]: Para (1A) was inserted by S.I.2003/723 and amended by S.I. 2006/2689.

[^f00087]: Reg 27(1) was amended by S.I. 2003/723 and 2006/2689.

[^f00088]: Reg 33 was substituted by S.I. 2004/762 and amended by S.I. 2007/824.

[^f00089]: S.I. 2002/2173.

[^f00090]: Reg 7 was amended by S.I. 2005/2200.

[^f00091]: S.I. 2003/654.

[^f00092]: Reg 3(5) was substituted by S.I. 2004/1243.

Editorial notes

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