The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 No. 1230

PART 2 U.K. TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHAPTER 3 U.K. EFFECT OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

[F1 Loss of benefit penalties: transition from working tax credit U.K.

37.— (1) This regulation applies where an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who—

(a) was previously entitled to working tax credit; and

(b) is an offender, within the meaning of the 2002 Act.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Regulations 2001 apply as if in regulation 3ZB of those Regulations—

(a) in paragraph (1) at the beginning there were inserted “Subject to regulation 38 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014,”;

(b) “disqualification period” includes a disqualification period within the meaning of the 2002 Act;

(c) “offender” includes an offender within the meaning of the 2002 Act; and

(d) “offender’s family member” includes a person who is a member of the family (within the meaning of section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992) of a person who is an offender within the meaning of the 2002 Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 37 38 inserted (13.10.2014) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1626), reg. 1(2), 6(2)