The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made: 24th February 2016

Laid before Parliament: 2nd March 2016

Coming into force: 1st April 2016

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Citation and commencement

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Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

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Signed

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

Freud — Minister of State, — Department for Work and Pensions — 24th February 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) (“the 2014 Regulations”).

Section 29 of the Tax Credits Act 2002 provides for notice to be given to any person or persons who are liable to repay an overpayment of tax credit. Where the notice states that section 29(4) applies, the amount in question may be recovered by deductions from payments of tax credit.

Regulation 12(4) of the 2014 Regulations modifies the operation of section 29(4) to provide alternative means of recovery in cases where a person entitled to a tax credit claims universal credit. This currently provides for recovery by deductions from universal credit. These Regulations substitute a new version of regulation 12(4) which provides for recovery by deductions from benefit (including universal credit) under section 71ZC of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, deductions from earnings under section 71ZD of that Act or through court action etc. as set out in section 71ZE of that Act.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private sector or civil society organisations is foreseen.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2012 c. 5.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2014/1230.

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 5. Sections 71ZC, 71ZD and 71ZE were inserted by section 105 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.

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Editorial notes