The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013

Amendment of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013

6.—(1) The Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 9(8), after sub-paragraph (b) insert the following words (as full-out words)—

“and the claim is to be treated as made on the day after the member of the couple mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) ceased to be entitled to universal credit.”.

(3) In Schedule 6 (deductions from benefit and direct payment to third parties)—

(a) renumber paragraph 1 (interpretation) as paragraph 1(1);

(b) in the renumbered paragraph 1(1), omit the definition of “5% of the standard allowance”;

(c) after the renumbered paragraph 1(1), add—

“(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, where the relevant percentage of the standard allowance results in a fraction of a penny, that fraction is to be disregarded if it is less than half a penny and otherwise it is to be treated as a penny.”;

(d) in paragraph 3(3) (limitations applicable to deductions made under Schedule 6), for “five times 5%” substitute “25%”;

(e) in paragraph 4(1) (maximum amount), for “eight times 5%” substitute “40%”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/380.