The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013

Day appointed for commencement of the universal credit provisions in Part 1 of the ActU.K.

3.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act listed in Schedule 2 to the No. 9 Order, in so far as they are not already in force, in relation to the case of a claim referred to in paragraph (2), and any award that is made in respect of the claim, is the day appointed in accordance with paragraph (3).

[F1(2) The claims referred to are—

(a)a claim for universal credit where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 2 or No. 3 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions; and

(b)a claim for universal credit where—

(i)the claimant gives incorrect information regarding the claimant residing in a No. 2 or a No. 3 relevant district or meeting the gateway conditions and does not reside in such a district or does not meet the gateway conditions on the date on which the claim is made; and

(ii)after a decision is made that the claimant is entitled to universal credit and one or more payments have been made in respect of the claimant, the Secretary of State discovers that incorrect information has been given regarding residence or meeting the gateway conditions.]

(3) The day appointed in relation to the case of a claim referred to in paragraph (2), and any award that is made in respect of the claim, is the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made F2....

F3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) Article 3(6) of the No. 9 Order applies for the purposes of paragraph (3) as it applies for the purposes of article 3(4)(a) of the No. 9 Order.

[F4(6) Article 3A of the No. 9 Order applies in connection with a claim for universal credit where a claimant makes an incorrect statement regarding the claimant residing in a No. 2 or a No. 3 relevant district or meeting the gateway conditions, as it applies in connection with an incorrect statement regarding the claimant residing in a relevant district (as defined in the No. 9 Order) or meeting the gateway conditions.]

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