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 Caring responsibilities

6.— (1) There must not be—

(a) a child living with the claimant some or all of the time;

(b) a person (“the young person”) living with the claimant some or all of the time if—

(i) the young person is not a child, but is under the age of 20; and

(ii) the claimant would be responsible for the young person for the purposes of regulation 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations, if the young person were a qualifying young person within the meaning of regulation 5 of those Regulations.

(2) The claimant must not—

(a) be an adopter (within the meaning of the Universal Credit Regulations) with whom a child is expected to be placed during the period of [F2 two months] beginning with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made;

(b) be a foster parent;

(c) be liable to pay child support maintenance under the Child Support Act 1991; or

(d) have any responsibility for providing care to a person who has a physical or mental impairment, other than in the course of paid or voluntary employment.

(3) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) “child” has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act;

(b) “foster parent” means—

(i) in relation to England, a person who is approved as a foster parent under the Fostering Services (England) Regulations 2011;

(ii) in relation to Wales, a person who is approved as a foster parent under the Fostering Services (Wales) Regulations 2003;

(iii) in relation to Scotland, a person who is approved as a kinship carer or a foster carer under the Looked After Children (Scotland) Regulations 2009.]

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

F2 Words in Sch. 5 para. 6(2)(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, 4(4)(d)