The Universal Credit Regulations 2013

Interpretation U.K.

2.  In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

“additional statutory paternity pay” means additional statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of the Contributions and Benefits Act M1 ;

[F1 “adopter” has the meaning in regulation 89(3)(a);]

“attendance allowance” means—

(a)

an attendance allowance under section 64 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b)

an increase of disablement pension under section 104 or 105 of that Act (increases where constant attendance needed and for exceptionally severe disablement);

(c)

a payment of industrial injuries benefit under regulations made under section 64(3)(a) of the Act in any case where the compensation or benefit to which a person was entitled immediately before the commencement of section 64 was—

(i)

a payment in respect of the need for constant attendance under regulations made in accordance with section 111 of, and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Contributions and Benefits Act (payments for constant attendance in workmen's compensation cases), or

(ii)

an increase in an allowance which was payable in respect of constant attendance under section 111 of, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 8 to, the Contributions and Benefits Act (industrial diseases benefit schemes);

(d)

a payment by virtue of article 14, 15, 16, 43 or 44 of the Personal Injuries (Civilians) Scheme 1983 M2 or any analogous payment;

(e)

any payment based on the need for attendance which is paid as an addition to a war disablement pension;

(f)

[F2 armed forces independence payment under the Armed Forces and Reserve Forces (Compensation Scheme) Order 2011;]

“bereavement allowance” means an allowance under section 39B of the Contributions and Benefits Act M3 ;

“care leaver” has the meaning in regulation 8;

“carer's allowance” means a carer's allowance under section 70 of the Contributions and Benefits Act M4 ;

“carer element” has the meaning in regulation 29;

“childcare costs element” has the meaning in regulation 31;

“child element” has the meaning in regulation 24;

“close relative”, in relation to a person, means—

(a)

a parent, parent-in-law, son, son-in-law, daughter, daughter-in-law, step-parent, step-son, step-daughter, brother or sister; and

(b)

if any of the above is a member of a couple, the other member of the couple;

“confinement” has the meaning in regulation 8;

“Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 M5 ;

“course of advanced education” has the meaning in regulation 12;

“disability living allowance” means an allowance under section 71 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“earned income” has the meaning in Chapter 2 of Part 6;

“EEA Regulations” means the Immigration (European Economic Area) Regulations 2006 M6 ;

“employment and support allowance” means an allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M7 as amended by Schedule 3 and Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (removing references to an income-related allowance);

“ESA Regulations” means the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013 M8 ;

“expected number of hours per week” has the meaning in regulation 88;

“foster parent” means—

(a)

in relation to England, a person with whom a child is placed under the Fostering Services Regulations 2011 M9 ;

(b)

in relation to Wales, a person with whom a child is placed under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003 M10 ;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, a foster carer or kinship carer with whom a child is placed under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009 M11 ;

“grant” has the meaning in regulation 68;

“health care professional” means (except in regulation 98)—

(a)

a registered medical practitioner;

(b)

a registered nurse; or

(c)

an occupational therapist or physiotherapist registered with a regulatory body established by Order in Council under section 60 of the Health Act 1999 M12 ;

“housing costs element” has the meaning in regulation 25;

“individual threshold” has the meaning in regulation 90(2);

“industrial injuries benefit” means a benefit under Part 5 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 M13 ;

“jobseeker's allowance” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 M14 as amended by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act (removing references to an income-based allowance);

“local authority” means—

(a)

in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a parish council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(b)

in relation to Wales, a county council, a county borough council or a community council;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M15 ;

“LCW element” and “LCWRA element” have the meaning in regulation 27;

“looked after by a local authority” in relation to a child or young person means a child or young person who is looked after by a local authority within the meaning of section 22 of the Children Act 1989 M16 or section 17(6) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 M17 ;

“maternity allowance” means a maternity allowance under section 35 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“Medical Evidence Regulations” means the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 M18 ;

“national insurance contribution” means a contribution under Part 1 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“ordinary statutory paternity pay” means ordinary statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“paid work” means work done for payment or in expectation of payment and does not include being engaged by a charitable or voluntary organisation, or as a volunteer, in circumstances in which the payment received by or due to be paid to the person is in respect of expenses;

“partner” means (except in regulation 77) the other member of a couple;

“personal independence payment” means an allowance under Part 4 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

“prisoner” means—

(a)

a person who is detained in custody pending trial or sentence upon conviction or under a sentence imposed by a court; or

(b)

is on temporary release in accordance with the provisions of the Prison Act 1952 M19 or the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989 M20 ,

other than a person who is detained in hospital under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 M21 or, in Scotland, under the provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 M22 or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 M23 ;

“qualifying young person” has the meaning in regulation 5;

“redundancy” has the meaning in section 139(1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 M24 ;

“registered as blind” means registered as blind—

(a)

in a register compiled by a local authority under section 29 of the National Assistance Act 1948 M25 ; or

(b)

in a register maintained by or on behalf of a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 M26 in consequence of having been certified as blind;

“regular and substantial caring responsibilities for a severely disabled person” has the meaning in regulation 30;

“relevant childcare” has the meaning in regulation 35;

“responsible for a child or qualifying young person” has the meaning in regulation 4;

“statutory adoption pay” means a payment under Part 12ZB of the Contributions Benefits Act M27 ;

“statutory maternity pay” means a payment under Part 12 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“statutory sick pay” means a payment under Part 11 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“student loan” has the meaning in regulation 68;

“terminally ill” means suffering from a progressive disease where death in consequence of that disease can reasonably be expected within 6 months;

“total outstanding reduction period” has the meaning in regulation 101(5);

“trade dispute” has the meaning in section 244 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 M28 ;

“unearned income” has the meaning in Chapter 3 of Part 6;

“war disablement pension” means any retired pay, pension or allowance payable in respect of disablement under an instrument specified in section 639(2) of ITEPA;

“weekly earnings” has the meaning in regulation 90(6);

“widowed mother's allowance” means an allowance under section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

“widowed parent's allowance” means an allowance under section 39A of the Contributions and Benefits Act M29 ;

“widow's pension” means a pension under section 39 of the Contributions and Benefits Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 2 inserted (29.4.2013) by The Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/803), regs. 1, 2(2)

F2 Words in reg. 2 inserted (8.4.2013) by virtue of The Armed Forces and Reserve Forces Compensation Scheme (Consequential Provisions: Subordinate Legislation) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/591), regs. 2(2), 7, Sch. para. 54(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 Part 12ZA was inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22).

M2 S.I. 1983/686. Article 14 was substituted, and articles 15 and 16 were amended, by S.I. 2001/1420.

M3 Section 39B was inserted by section 55 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30).

M4 Section 70 has been amended by S.I. 1994/2556 and S.I. 2002/1457.

M5 1992 c.4.

M6 S.I. 2006/1003.

M7 2007 c.5.

M8 S.I.2013/379

M9 S.I. 2011/581.

M10 S.I. 2003/237 amended by S.I. 2003/896.

M11 S.S.I. 2009/210.

M12 1999 c.8.

M13 2003 c.1.

M14 1995 c.18.

M15 1994 c.39.

M16 1989 c.41.

M17 1995 c.36.

M18 S.I. 1976/615.

M19 1952 c.52.

M20 1989 c.45.

M21 1983 c.20.

M22 2003 asp13.

M23 1995 c.46.

M24 1996 c.18.

M25 1948 c.29. Section 29 has been amended by section 1(2) of the National Assistance (Amendment) Act 1959 (c.30), section 113 and 114 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Mental Health (Scotland) Act 1960 (c.61), paragraph 2 of Schedule 23 to the Local Government Act 1972 (c.70), paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Employment and Training Act 1973 (c.50), section 108(5) and (6) of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 13 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Children Act 1989 (c.48), paragraph 6 of Schedule 15 to the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c..39) and section 147(2) of the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14).

M26 1994 c. 39. Section 2 has been amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c.25).

M27 Part 12ZB was inserted by section 4 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22).

M28 1992 c.52.

M29 Section 39A was inserted by section 55(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30).