[F1Termination of existing benefits if no claim before the deadlineU.K.
46.—(1) Where a notified person has not made a claim for universal credit on or before the deadline day, all awards of any existing benefits to which the person is entitled terminate—
(a)in the case of housing benefit, [F2income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance,] on the last day of the period of two weeks beginning with the deadline day; and
(b)in the case of [F3a tax credit], on the day before the deadline day.
(2) An award of housing benefit to which a claimant is entitled in respect of specified accommodation or temporary accommodation does not terminate by virtue of this regulation.
(3) Where paragraph (1) applies and the notified person makes a claim for universal credit—
(a)after the deadline day; and
(b)on or before the final deadline specified in paragraph (4),
then, notwithstanding anything in regulation 26 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (time within which a claim for universal credit is to be made) as modified by regulation 15 of these Regulations, the award is to commence on the deadline day.
(4) The final deadline is the day that would be the last day of the first assessment period in relation to an award commencing on the deadline day.
(5) This regulation is subject to regulation 47.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4 inserted (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(2), 3(7) (with reg. 2)
F2Words in reg. 46(1)(a) inserted (22.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(3), 4(5)(a)
F3Words in reg. 46(1)(b) substituted (22.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(3), 4(5)(b)