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 Other requirements

7.   The claimant—

(a) must declare that the claimant does not expect to have any self-employed earnings (within the meaning of regulation 57 of the Universal Credit Regulations) during the period of one month starting with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made;

(b) must not be receiving education or undertaking a course of training of any kind and must declare that he or she does not intend to engage in education or training of any kind (other than where required to do so by the Secretary of State, or by agreement with the Secretary of State, in connection with an award of universal credit) during the period of one month starting with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made;

(c) must not have—

(i) a deputy appointed by the Court of Protection under Part 1 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”);

(ii) a receiver appointed under Part 7 of the Mental Health Act 1983 and treated as a deputy by virtue of the 2005 Act; or

(iii) any other person acting on the claimant’s behalf in relation to the claim for universal credit;

(d) must have a national insurance number;

(e) must have an account with a bank, a building society or the Post Office, or a current account with a Credit Union (within the meaning of the Credit Unions Act 1979).]

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