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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013

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Provisions that apply in connection with the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker’s allowance under article 4

5.—(1) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a), the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 apply for the purposes of deciding—

(a)whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance is made or is to be treated as made; and

(b)the day on which the claim is made or is to be treated as made.

(2) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a), in determining whether a person falls within the Pathfinder Group, the requirements of regulations 5 to 12 of the Transitional Regulations are to be read as though any reference to making a claim for universal credit included a reference to making a claim for an employment and support allowance or for a jobseeker’s allowance as the case may be.

(3) For the purposes of article 4(2)(a) to (d), the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—

(a)whether a claim for universal credit is made or is to be treated as made; and

(b)the day on which the claim is made or is to be treated as made.

(4) For the purposes of article 4(3)(a)—

(a)in the case of a claim for universal credit, where the time for making a claim is extended under regulation 26(2) of the Claims and Payments Regulations 2013 (time within which a claim for universal credit is to be made), the reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made or treated as made is a reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is, by reason of the operation of that provision, timeously made or treated as made;

(b)in the case of a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance, where the time for making a claim is extended under regulation 19 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987(1), the reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made or treated as made is a reference to the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is, by reason of the operation of those provisions, timeously made or treated as made.

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Relevant amendments to regulation 19 were made by 1997/2290, 1999/2572, 1999/3108, 2000/1982, 2000/2978, 2002/428, 2002/1397 and 2006/2377. Relevant amendments to Schedule 4 were made by S.I. 1996/1460 and 2008/1554.

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