PART 2Payments on account of benefit
Payment on account of benefit where there is no award of benefit5
1
The Secretary of State may make a payment on account of benefit to A if—
a
either of paragraphs (2) or (3) applies;
b
c
the Secretary of State is satisfied that A is in financial need F4; and
F3d
where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of universal credit, A has been allocated a national insurance number.
2
This paragraph applies where A has made a claim for benefit but the claim has not yet been determined.
3
This paragraph applies where A is not required to make a claim for benefit by virtue of—
a
regulation 6 or 7 of the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to universal credit or an employment and support allowance in certain cases); or, as the case may be,
b
regulation 3 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) M1,
but an award of benefit has not yet been made.