The Welfare Supplementary Payment (Universal Credit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

1. Introductory Text

2. PART 1 INTRODUCTION

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and cessation

   2. 2. No retrospective entitlement

3. PART 2 AMENDMENT OF WELFARE SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT REGULATIONS

   1. CHAPTER 1 ENTITLEMENTS

      1. 3. Interpretation

      2. 4. Information sharing on benefit cap

      3. 5. Contributory employment and support allowance

      4. 6. Carer payments

      5. 7. Disability-related premiums

      6. 8. Housing benefit

   2. CHAPTER 2 OVERPAYMENTS

      1. 9. Introduction

      2. 10. Interpretation

      3. 11. Persons from whom recovery may be made

      4. 12. Deduction from welfare supplementary payments

      5. 13. Deduction from benefits

      6. 14. Deduction from earnings

      7. 15. Off-setting in case of awards of back-dated benefit

4. PART 3 NEWLY AFFECTED UNIVERSAL CREDIT CLAIMANTS

   1. CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

      1. 16. Interpretation

      2. 17. Welfare supplementary payments

   2. CHAPTER 2 BENEFIT CAP

      1. 18. Eligibility

      2. 19. Amount

      3. 20. Payment

      4. 21. Termination

      5. 22. Discretionary housing support: prevention of double payment

      6. 23. Information sharing

   3. CHAPTER 3 LOSS OF CARER ELEMENT

      1. 24. Interpretation

      2. 25. Eligibility

      3. 26. Amount

      4. 27. Payment

      5. 28. Termination of a welfare supplementary payment on a new award of carer element or carer’s allowance

      6. 29. Termination of welfare supplementary payment if caree ceases to be entitled to welfare supplementary payment for loss of disability living allowance

      7. 30. Termination of welfare supplementary payment if entitlement to personal independence payment ceases or daily living component awarded

      8. 31. Welfare supplementary payment pending appeal against refusal of PIP under the DLA Regulations

      9. 32. Termination of welfare supplementary payment on death of carer or caree

      10. 33. Separation of couple

      11. 34. Care home residents

      12. 35. Hospital in-patients

      13. 36. Recalculation where entitlement to universal credit ceases

   4. CHAPTER 4 CONTRIBUTORY EMPLOYMENT AND SUPPORT ALLOWANCE

      1. 37. Eligibility

      2. 38. Amount

      3. 39. Payment

      4. 40. Termination on further entitlement to employment and support allowance

      5. 41. Information sharing

   5. CHAPTER 5 GENERAL

      1. 42. Change of circumstances

      2. 43. Recovery of overpayments

      3. 44. Sanctions

      4. 45. Review

      5. 46. Treatment of payment

      6. 47. Residence and presence in Northern Ireland

      7. 48. Prisoners

5. Signature

6. Explanatory Note