1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013.
(2) They come into force—
(a)for the purposes of this Part and Part 2 (except the provisions specified in paragraph (3)) and Part 4, on 1st April 2013;
(b)for all other purposes, on 29th April 2013.
(3) The specified provisions are—
(a)in regulation 2(1)
(i)the definitions of “the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations”, “the Universal Credit Regulations” and “universal credit”;
(ii)paragraph (a) of the definition of “couple”;
(b)regulation 2(2) and (3)(a);
(c)regulation 3(1)(a) and (2)(a)(i) and (b)(i);
(d)regulation 5(3)(a);
(e)regulation 7(2); and
(f)regulation 8(2).