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3.—(1) The Department may not deduct an amount from a claimant’s award of universal credit under this Schedule and pay that amount to a third party if, in relation to any assessment period, that would—
(a)reduce the amount payable to the claimant to less than one penny; or
(b)result in more than three deductions being made, in relation to that assessment period, under one or more of the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (2).
(2) The provisions are—
(a)paragraph 6 (housing costs);
(b)paragraph 7 (rent and service charges included in rent);
(c)paragraph 8 (fuel costs);
(d)paragraph 9 (rates);
(e)paragraph 10 (water charges);
(f)paragraph 11 (payments in place of payments of child support maintenance);
(g)paragraph 12 (integration loans).
(3) The aggregate amount deducted from a claimant’s award of universal credit in relation to any assessment period and paid to a third party under paragraphs 8 and 10 must not, without the claimant’s consent, exceed the sum equal to 25 per cent. of the aggregate of the standard allowance and any child element.
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