The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

7.—(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1) are amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “foster parent”—

(a) for “the Fostering Services Regulations 2011” substitute “the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (England) Regulations 2010(2)”;

(b) for “the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003” substitute “the Care Planning, Placement and Case Review (Wales) Regulations 2015(3)”.

(3) In regulation 4A(1) (responsibility for children looked after by a local authority)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (b) omit “.” and insert “;”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) any period during which the child or qualifying young person is placed for adoption under the Adoption and Children Act 2002(4) or the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007(5).”.

(4) In regulation 68(7) (person treated as having student income), in the definition of “student loan” omit “and includes, in Scotland, a young student's bursary paid under regulation 4(1)(c) of the Students' Allowances (Scotland) Regulation 2007”.

(5) In regulation 71 (calculation of student income - amount for an assessment period) at the end of “Step 2” insert—

 “But where the first day of the person’s universal credit award is on a date later than the first day of the year of the course, or period of the course, in question, each period of one month beginning on the same day as the assessment periods for, and preceding the commencement of, that award is to be treated as an assessment period when determining the number of assessment periods for which the person is to be treated as having student income.”.

(1)

S.I. 2013/376; regulation 4A was inserted by S.I. 2013/1508. There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.

(2)

S.I. 2010/959.

(3)

S.I. 2015/1818 (W. 261).

(4)

2002 c. 38.

(5)

2007 asp 4.