The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013

Citation U.K.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013.

Interpretation U.K.

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;

“the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1)(a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance);

[F1 “claimant”, in relation to an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the [F2 Welfare Reform Act 2007] and the [F2 Jobseekers Act 1995] (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker’s allowance) respectively and, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;]

“employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 M1 ;

[F3 “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998;]

[F4 “gateway conditions” means the conditions specified in Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order as if the amendments referred to in paragraph (3) were made;]

“jobseeker's allowance” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 M2 ;

[F5 “joint claimants” in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;]

“No. 5 relevant districts” means the postcode part-districts specified in the Schedule;

“the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013 M3 .

[F6 “single claimant”, in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;]

[F7 “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.]

[F8 (2) For the purposes of this Order, the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 apply for the purpose of deciding—

(a) whether a claim for universal credit is made; and

(b) the date on which such a claim is made.]

[F9 (3) The amendments of Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order referred to are—

(a) omit paragraph 1(b);

(b) for paragraph 4 substitute—

“4.— (1) If the claimant is a single claimant, the claimant must declare that, during the period of one month starting with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made, the claimant’s earned income is expected not to exceed £330.

(2) If the claim for universal credit is made by a couple as joint claimants, they must declare that, during the period of one month starting with the date on which the claim is made—

(a) in relation to each member of the couple, the earned income of that member is expected not to exceed £330; and

(b) the couple’s total earned income is expected not to exceed £525.

(3) If the claimant is a single claimant and is not a member of a couple, the claimant’s capital must not exceed £6,000.

(4) If the claimant is a single claimant and is a member of a couple, the couple’s total capital must not exceed £6,000.

(5) If the claim for universal credit is made by a couple as joint claimants, the couple’s total capital must not exceed £6,000.

(6) For the purposes of this paragraph, “couple” has the same meaning as it has in section 39 of the Act and “earned income” and “capital” have the same meanings as they have in Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations.”; and

(c) paragraph 8 becomes sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 8 and—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1) (as so numbered), after “4(1)” insert “, 4(2)”; and

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1) (as so numbered), insert—

“(2) A declaration which is required by paragraph 4(2) in relation to a couple may be made on behalf of the couple by both members of the couple or by either of them.”.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(2)(a)(i)

F2 Words in art. 2(1) substituted (30.6.2014) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), art. 7 (1)(a)

F3 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(2)(a)(ii)

F4 Words in art. 2(1) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(3)(a)(i)

F5 Words in art. 2(1) inserted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(3)(a)(ii)

F6 Words in art. 2(1) inserted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(3)(a)(iii)

F7 Words in art. 2 inserted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(2)(a)(iii)

F8 Art. 2(2) substituted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(2)(b)

F9 Art. 2(3) inserted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(3)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 2007 c.5.

M2 1995 c.18.

M3 S.I. 2013/983 (C. 41).

Day appointed for commencement of the universal credit provisions in Part 1 of the Act U.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).

[F10 (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. 5 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions; and

[F11 (b) a claim for universal credit where—

(i) in the case of a single claimant, the claimant gives incorrect information regarding the claimant residing in a No. 5 relevant district or meeting the gateway conditions and the claimant does not reside in such a district or does not meet the gateway conditions on the date on which the claim is made;

(ii) in the case of joint claimants, either or both of the joint claimants gives or give incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in such a district or meeting the gateway conditions and one or both of them does not or do not reside in such a district or does not or do not meet those conditions on the date on which the claim is made; and

(iii) after a decision is made that the single claimant is, or the joint claimants are, entitled to universal credit and one or more payments have been made in respect of the single claimant or the joint claimants, 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 madeF12 ....

F13 (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.

[F14 (6) Article 3A of the No. 9 Order applies in connection with a claim for universal credit where a single claimant, or, as the case may be, either or both of joint claimants, gives incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in a No. 5 relevant district or meeting the gateway conditions, as it applies in connection with the giving of incorrect information regarding a claimant residing in a relevant district (as defined in the No. 9 Order) or meeting the gateway conditions, but as if article 3A was amended as follows—

(a) for paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) This article applies where a claim for universal credit is made and it is subsequently discovered that the single claimant or either or both of two joint claimants gave incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in a No. 5 relevant district or meeting the gateway conditions and the conditions referred to in paragraph (1A) are met.

(1A) The conditions referred to are that, on the date on which the claim was made, the claimant—

(a) did not reside in a No. 5 relevant district (unless paragraph (1B) applies); or

(b) did reside in a No. 5 relevant district and did not meet the gateway conditions.

(1B) This paragraph applies where the claimant resided in an area apart from the No. 5 relevant district with respect to which the provisions of the Act referred to in Schedule 2 to the No. 9 Order were in force in relation to a claim for universal credit and the conditions (if any) that applied to such a claim, for those provisions to come into force, were met.”; and

(b) in paragraph (2)(b), (c) and (d), after “the claimant”, where it first occurs, insert “(or, in the case of joint claimants, either of them)”.]

Textual Amendments

F10 Art. 3(2) substituted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(3)(a)

F11 Art. 3(2)(b) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(4)(a)

F12 Words in art. 3(3) omitted (30.6.2014) by virtue of The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), art. 7, (1)(b)

F13 Art. 3(4) omitted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(3)(b)

F14 Art. 3(6) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(4)(b)

Day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance U.K.

[F15 4.— (1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the amending provisions, 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).

(2) The claims referred to are—

(a) a claim for universal credit, an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant—

(i) resides in one of the No. 5 relevant districts; and

(ii) meets the gateway conditions;

[F16 (b) a claim for universal credit where—

(i) in the case of a single claimant, the claimant gives incorrect information regarding the claimant residing in a No. 5 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;

(ii) in the case of joint claimants, either or both of the joint claimants gives or give incorrect information regarding his or her (or their) residing in such a district or meeting those conditions and one or both of them does not or do not reside in such a district or does not or do not meet those conditions on the date on which the claim is made; and

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

(c) a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance that does not fall within sub-paragraph (a) and that is made during the relevant period by a single claimant of universal credit or by either of two joint claimants of universal credit who has or have made a claim for universal credit within sub-paragraph (a) or (b).]

(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.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(c), “relevant period” means, in relation to a claim for universal credit referred to in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), any UC claim period, and any period subsequent to any UC claim period in respect of which the claimant is entitled to an award of universal credit in respect of the claim.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), a “UC claim period” is a period when—

(a) a claim for universal credit as referred to in paragraph (2)(a)[F17 , (b)(i) or (ii)] has been made but a decision has not yet been made on the claim; or

(b) a decision has been made that the claimant is not entitled to universal credit and—

(i) the Secretary of State is considering whether to revise that decision under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998, whether on an application made for that purpose, or on the Secretary of State’s own initiative; or

(ii) the claimant has appealed against that decision to the First-tier Tribunal and that appeal or any subsequent appeal to the Upper Tribunal or to a court has not been finally determined.

(6) Paragraphs (6) and (7) of article 4 of the No. 9 Order apply in relation to the case of a claim for universal credit referred to in paragraph (2) (and any award that is made in respect of the claim) as they apply in relation to the case of a claim for universal credit referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of article 4(2) of the No. 9 Order (and any award that is made in respect of the claim).

[F18 (7) In determining, for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance meets the gateway conditions, Schedule 5 to the No. 9 Order, as it has effect under article 2(1), is to be read as though—

(a) any reference in the Schedule to making a claim for universal credit included a reference to making a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance as the case may be; and

(b) the reference in paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to a single claimant, or to joint claimants, of universal credit was construed as a reference to a person who would be a single claimant of universal credit or to persons who would be joint claimants of universal credit, if the claimant of an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker’s allowance had made a claim for universal credit.]

(8) Paragraphs (5) to (7) of article 5 of the No. 9 Order apply for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of paragraph (2) as they apply for the purposes of sub-paragraphs (a) and (g) of article 4(2) of the No. 9 Order.

(9) Article 5(8) of the No. 9 Order applies for the purposes of paragraph (3) as it applies for the purposes of article 4(3)(a) of the No. 9 Order.]

Textual Amendments

F15 Art. 4 substituted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(4)

F16 Art. 4(2)(b)(c) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(5)(a)

F17 Words in art. 5(a) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(5)(b)

F18 Art. 4(7) substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(5)(c)

Application of the No. 9 Order U.K.

5.   [F19 Articles] 9 to 22 of the No. 9 Order M4 apply in connection with the coming into force of the amending provisions in relation to the case of a claim referred to in article 4(2), and any award made in respect of the claim, as they apply in connection with the coming into force of the amending provisions in relation to the case of a claim referred to in [F20 sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (g) of article 4(2)] of the No. 9 Order and any award made in respect of the claim.

Textual Amendments

F19 Word in art. 5 substituted (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), arts. 3, 20(1)(5)

F20 Words in art. 5 substituted (30.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16 and 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1661), arts. 3, 7(6)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Art. 5 amended (16.6.2014 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14 and 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1452), art. 17

Marginal Citations

M4 Articles 10 to 13 of, and Schedule 4 (which takes effect under article 9) to, the Order were amended by S.I. 2013/1511 (C.60); article 11 of the Order was amended by article 5 of S.I.2013/2657 (C. 107).

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Freud

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Work and Pensions