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

[F1 Fitness to work

2.— (1) The claimant must not—

(a) be pregnant; or

(b) have been pregnant, if the date of her confinement occurred during the period of 15 weeks ending with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made.

(2) In this paragraph, “confinement” has the same meaning as in regulation 8(4) of the Universal Credit Regulations.

(3) The claimant—

(a) must not have obtained from a doctor a statement given in accordance with the rules set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Medical Evidence) Regulations 1976 (“a statement of fitness for work”) in respect of the date on which the claim for universal credit is made, unless it has been determined, since the statement was given, that the claimant does not have limited capability for work within the meaning of the 2007 Act;

(b) must not have applied for a statement of fitness for work;

(c) must declare that the claimant does not consider himself or herself to be unfit for work; and

(d) must not have been the subject of a determination that the claimant has limited capability for work within the meaning of the 2007 Act, unless it has subsequently been determined that the claimant does not have limited capability for work within the meaning of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 5 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, 16