safeguard the efficient administration of universal credit; or

ensure the effective testing of systems for the administration of universal credit,

income support;

housing benefit;

a tax credit; or

state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002 M17,

to housing benefit in respect of F6specified accommodationF72, temporary accommodation or where regulation 8(2A) applies; or

the person is entitled to universal credit;

the person has made a claim for universal credit, a decision has not yet been made on that claim and the person has not been informed (in accordance with an order made under section 150(3) of the Act) that he or she is not entitled to claim universal credit;

the person was previously entitled to a joint award of universal credit which terminated because the person ceased to be a member of a couple, he or she is not exempt (by virtue of regulation 9(6) of the Claims and Payments Regulations) from the condition of entitlement to universal credit that he or she makes a claim for it and the period of one month, starting with the date on which the person notified the Secretary of State that he or she had ceased to be a member of a couple, has not expired;

the person may be entitled to an award of universal credit in circumstances where, by virtue of regulation 9(6), (7) or (10) of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims for universal credit by members of a couple), it is not a condition of entitlement that he or she makes a claim for it, but no decision has yet been made as to the person’s entitlement;

the person is treated, under the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having made a claim for universal credit, F31... but no decision has yet been made as to the person's entitlement;

a universal credit claimant makes a claim for benefit mentioned in that paragraph if the claimant takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the relevant Regulations; and

except as provided in F32paragraphs (5) to (7B), it is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of the relevant Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a time when the claimant was not a universal credit claimant.

in relation to a claim for income support, the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M19 (“the 1987 Regulations”);

in relation to a claim for housing benefit, the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M20 (“the 2006 Regulations”) or, as the case may be, the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M21 (“the 2006 (SPC) Regulations”);

in relation to a claim for a tax credit, the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 M22.

first notification of the claimant's intention to make that claim was made, or deemed to be made, for the purposes of regulation 6(1A)(c) F33or 6A of the 1987 Regulations M23, before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

first notification of the claimant's intention to make that claim was given (within the meaning of regulation 83(5)(d) of the 2006 Regulations M24 or, as the case may be, regulation 64(6)(d) of the 2006 (SPC) Regulations M25) before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

the defective claim was made before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

making a claim for income support for a period starting on or after the relevant date if first notification of the claimant’s intention to make that claim was made, or deemed to be made, for the purposes of regulation 6(1A)(c) or 6A of the 1987 Regulations, during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015;

making a claim for housing benefit for a period starting on or after the relevant date if first notification of the claimant’s intention to make that claim was given (within the meaning of regulation 83(5)(d) of the 2006 Regulations or, as the case may be, regulation 64(6)(d) of the 2006 (SPC) Regulations), during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015;

correcting or completing a claim for housing benefit for a period starting on or after the relevant date, where that claim was defective within the meaning of the 2006 Regulations or the 2006 (SPC) Regulations and was made during the period starting with the relevant date and ending with 15th November 2015.

where the conditions in regulation 6(1)(a), (b) and (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations are met in relation to the claimant, the day after the claimant’s last day of entitlement to universal credit;

where the conditions in regulation 6(2)(a), (b) and (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations are met in relation to the claimant, the first date on which the claimant would have been entitled to universal credit if the claimant had been so entitled.

a person (“A”) who was previously entitled to universal credit F9... ceases to be so entitled on becoming a member of a couple;

the other member of the couple (“the new claimant partner”) was not entitled to universal credit F8... immediately before formation of the couple;

the couple is treated, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having made a claim for universal credit; and

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimants meet the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which they are not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

on the day before the first date on which the joint claimants are entitled to universal credit in connection with the claim; or

if the joint claimants are not entitled to universal credit, on the day before the first date on which they would have been so entitled, if all of the basic and financial conditions applicable to them had been met; or

if the new claimant partner became entitled to an award after the date on which it would otherwise terminate under sub-paragraph (a) or (b), at the beginning of the first day of entitlement to that award.

the award is in respect of F4specified accommodationF74or temporary accommodation; or

the new claimant partner leaves the accommodation in respect of which housing benefit was paid, in order to live with A M26.

a claim for universal credit (other than a claim which is treated, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having been made) is made; and

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

on the day before the first date on which the claimant is entitled to universal credit in connection with the claim; or

if the claimant is not entitled to universal credit, on the day before the first date on which he or she would have been so entitled, if all of the basic and financial conditions applicable to the claimant had been met.

the claimant (or, as the case may be, the relevant claimant) is to be treated, for the purposes of the 2002 Act and this regulation, as having made a claim for the tax credit in question for the current tax year; and

is entitled, in respect of the whole or part of the first assessment period for universal credit, to a welfare benefit (other than universal credit) mentioned in F36section 96(10) of the Act (benefit cap); and

is entitled to housing benefit at any time during the first assessment period for universal credit, or would be so entitled were it not for the effect of these Regulations.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was previously entitled to an existing benefit other than a tax credit or a joint-claim jobseeker's allowance; and

regulation 66 of the Universal Credit Regulations (what is included in unearned income?) applies as if the overpayment which was made in respect of that assessment period were added to the descriptions of unearned income in paragraph (1)(b) of that regulation; and

regulation 73 of the Universal Credit Regulations (unearned income calculated monthly) does not apply to the overpayment.

the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988 M27;

the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 M28; or

the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006 M29.

in the case of a payment falling within sub-paragraph (a)(i), it would be disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital if the claimant were entitled to an existing benefit or state pension credit;

in the case of a payment falling within sub-paragraph (a)(ii), it was disregarded from the calculation of the claimant’s capital for the purposes of the earlier award; and

the period of entitlement to benefit to which the payment relates commences before the first date on which, by virtue of section 33 of the Act (abolition of benefits), no claimant is entitled to an existing benefit.

a person is to be treated as being entitled to working tax credit with effect from the start of the current tax year even though a decision has not been made under section 14 of the 2002 Act in respect of a claim for that tax credit for that tax year, if the person was entitled to working tax credit for the previous tax year and any of the cases specified in paragraph (2) applies; and

a person is to be treated as being entitled to child tax credit with effect from the start of the current tax year even though a decision has not been made under section 14 of the 2002 Act in respect of a claim for that tax credit for that tax year, if the person was entitled to child tax credit for the previous tax year and any of the cases specified in paragraph (2) applies.

a final notice has not been given to the person under section 17 of the 2002 Act in respect of the previous tax year;

a final notice has been given, no claim for a tax credit for the current year has been made, or treated as made, and no decision has been made under section 18(1) of the 2002 Act in respect of entitlement to a tax credit for the previous tax year; F63...

a claim for universal credit is made, or is treated as having been made;

the claimant is, or was at any time during the tax year in which the claim is made or treated as made, entitled to a tax credit; and

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

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omit subsection (5);

in subsection (6) omit “(apart from subsection (5))”.

a claim for universal credit is made, or is treated as having been made;

the claimant is, or was at any time during the tax year in which the claim is made or treated as made, entitled to a tax credit; and

the Secretary of State is satisfied that the claimant meets the basic conditions specified in section 4(1)(a) to (d) of the Act (other than any of those conditions which the claimant is not required to meet by virtue of regulations under section 4(2) of the Act).

an appeal against a decision relating to the entitlement of the claimant to income support, housing benefit or a tax credit (a “relevant benefit”) is finally determined;

a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to income support is revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) or superseded under section 10 of that Act;

a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to housing benefit is revised or superseded under Schedule 7 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 M30; or

a decision relating to the claimant's entitlement to a tax credit is revised under section 19 or 20 of the 2002 Act, or regulations made under section 21 of that Act, or is varied or cancelled under section 21A of that Act M31.

the decision of the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal or court, or, as the case may be, the decision relating to entitlement to a relevant benefit, as revised, superseded, varied or cancelled; and

any finding of fact by the First-tier Tribunal, Upper Tribunal or court.

a decision is made that a claimant is not entitled to universal credit (“the UC decision”);

the claimant becomes entitled to income support, housing benefit or a tax credit (a “ relevant benefit ”);

an appeal against the UC decision is finally determined, or the decision is revised under section 9 of the Social Security Act 1998;

an award of universal credit is made to the claimant in consequence of entitlement arising from the appeal, or from the decision as revised; and

the claimant would (were it not for the effect of regulation 5 and this regulation) be entitled to both universal credit and a relevant benefit in respect of the same period.

all awards of a relevant benefit to which the claimant would (were it not for the effect of these Regulations) be entitled are to terminate, by virtue of this regulation, at the beginning of the first day of entitlement to that award; and

any legislative provision F79except regulation 8(2A) under which an award would otherwise terminate on a later date does not apply.

a person (“P2”) has been appointed, or treated as appointed, under regulation 33(1) of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 M32 (“the 1987 Regulations”) (persons unable to act) to exercise rights and to receive and deal with sums payable on behalf of a person who is unable to act (“P1”); or

a person (“P2”) has been appointed under regulation 18(3) of the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002 (“the 2002 Regulations”) (circumstances where one person may act for another in making a claim – other appointed persons) to act for a person who is unable to act (“P1”) in making a claim for a tax credit.

the Secretary of State may, if P2 agrees, treat the appointment of P2 as if it were made under regulation 33(1) of the 1987 Regulations and P2 may exercise rights and receive and deal with sums payable in respect of existing benefits on behalf of P1; and

the Board (within the meaning of the 2002 Regulations) may, if P2 agrees, treat the appointment of P2 as if it were made under regulation 18(3) of the 2002 Regulations and P2 may act for P1 in making a claim for a tax credit.

the Secretary of State is deciding a claim for universal credit, other than a claim which is treated as having been made, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations;

the claimant is, or was previously, entitled to an existing benefit (“the earlier award”); and

if the earlier award terminated before the date on which the claim for universal credit was made, the claim for universal credit was made during the period of one month starting with the date of termination.

a single claimant may request an advance payment of universal credit;

joint claimants may jointly request such a payment,

on the relevant date, deductions in respect of fuel costs or water charges were being made under regulation 35 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987, in accordance with Schedule 9 to those Regulations M33.

where paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies and the claimant is not a new claimant partner, the date on which the claim for universal credit was made;

where paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies and the claimant is a new claimant partner, the date on which the claim for universal credit was treated as made;

where paragraph (1)(a)(ii) or (iii) applies, the date on which the claimant ceased to be the partner of P.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was entitled to old style ESA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made (“the relevant date”); and

on or before the relevant date it had been determined that the claimant had limited capability for work or limited capability for work-related activity (within the meaning of Part 1 of the 2007 Act).

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the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of F41... section 21(1)(a) of the Act.

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(b) of those Regulations and section 19(2)(a) of the Act.

regulation 28 of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was entitled to old style ESA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made (“the relevant date”); and

on the relevant date, the assessment phase in relation to the claimant applied M37 and had lasted for less than 13 weeks.

regulation 28(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which the F49... LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply; and

regulation 28 of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

if it is subsequently determined in accordance with Part 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations that the claimant has limited capability for work and work-related activity the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of those Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period.

the claimant’s first day of entitlement to universal credit (“the relevant date”), immediately follows the claimant’s last day of entitlement to a jobseeker’s allowance; and

immediately before the relevant date, the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work under regulation 55ZA of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 1996 or regulation 46A of the Jobseeker’s Allowance Regulations 2013 (extended period of sickness).

regulation 28(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which F51... LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply; and

for the purposes of regulation 28 of those Regulations, the relevant period is the period starting with the first day of the period for which the claimant was treated as capable of work or as not having limited capability for work as specified in paragraph (1)(b).

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force under regulation 8B(2)(iv), (iva) or (v) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 M38 (“the 1975 Regulations”) on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made (the “relevant date”); and

neither regulation 19 nor regulation 20 applies to that claimant (whether or not, in the case of joint claimants, either of those regulations apply to the other claimant).

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the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of F54... section 21(1)(a) of the Act.

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(b) of those Regulations and section 19(2)(a) of the Act.

regulation 28 of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period.

regulation 28(2) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

for the purposes of regulation 28 of those Regulations, the relevant period is the period of 13 weeks starting with the first day of the notional assessment phase.

regulation 28 of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

if it is subsequently determined in accordance with Part 5 of those Regulations that the claimant has limited capability for work and work-related activity, the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of those Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period.

a determination that the claimant would have limited capability for work or, as the case may be, limited capability for work-related activity, if the claimant was entitled to old style ESA is to be taken into account even if the claimant subsequently ceased to be entitled as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) before the date on which that determination was made because he or she became entitled to universal credit;

the fact that a notional assessment phase applied in relation to a claimant on the relevant date is to be taken into account even if the claimant subsequently ceased to be entitled as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) before that date because the claimant became entitled to universal credit.

references to a determination that the claimant would have limited capability for work if the claimant was entitled to old style ESA do not include a determination made under regulation 30 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 M39 (conditions for treating a claimant as having limited capability for work until a determination about limited capability for work has been made);

references to cases in which the notional assessment phase applied are references to cases in which sections 2(2)(a) F56and 4(4)(a) of the 2007 Act would have applied to the claimant if he or she had been entitled to old style ESA in addition to the entitlement mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), but do not include cases in which the claimant is entitled as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a) under regulation 8B(2)(iva) of the 1975 Regulations;

subject to sub-paragraph (f), the “notional assessment phase” is the period of 13 weeks starting on the day on which the assessment phase would have started in relation to the claimant, if he or she had been entitled to old style ESA and sections 2(2)(a) F57and 4(4)(a) of the 2007 Act had applied;

the notional assessment phase has not ended if, at the end of the 13 week period referred to in sub-paragraph (e), no determination has been made as to whether a claimant would have limited capability for work (within the meaning of Part 1 of the 2007 Act) if the claimant was entitled to old style ESA.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is entitled to incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance M40F14(“the relevant award”); and

on or before the date on which the claim for universal credit is made or treated as made, a notice has been issued to the claimant under regulation 4 of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No.2) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”)M41 (notice commencing the conversion phase).

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the claimant is to be treated as having had limited capability for work for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(a) of the Universal Credit Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of those Regulations (period for which LCW or LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply;

the LCW element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the Act.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

the claimant is to be treated as having had limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(b) of the Universal Credit Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of those Regulations does not apply;

the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of section 19(2)(a) of the Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is entitled to incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance;

no notice has been issued to the claimant under regulation 4 (notice commencing the conversion phase) of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No.2) Regulations 2010 (“the 2010 Regulations”);

the claimant will reach pensionable age (within the meaning of the 2010 Regulations M42) within the period of one year; and

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations (award to include LCW and LCWRA elements) does not apply;

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(a) of those Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which LCW or LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply;

the LCW element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is entitled to incapacity benefit or severe disablement allowance;

no notice has been issued to the claimant under regulation 4 of the 2010 Regulations;

the claimant will reach pensionable age (within the meaning of the 2010 Regulations) within the period of one year; and

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(b) of those Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of section 19(2)(a) of the Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force under regulation 8B(2)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made;

the claimant will reach pensionable age within the meaning of the Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No.2) Regulations 2010 within the period of one year; and

F22none of regulations 22, 23 or 24 apply to that claimant (whether or not, in the case of joint claimants, F23any of those regulations apply to the other claimant).

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations (award to include LCW and LCWRA elements) does not apply;

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(a) of those Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations (period for which the LCW or LCWRA element is not to be included) does not apply;

the LCW element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work for the purposes of section 21(1)(a) of the Act.

regulation 27(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of regulation 27(1)(b) of those Regulations from the beginning of the first assessment period;

regulation 28(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply;

the LCWRA element is (subject to the provisions of Part 4 of the Universal Credit Regulations) to be included in the award of universal credit with effect from the beginning of the first assessment period; and

the claimant is to be treated as having limited capability for work and work-related activity for the purposes of section 19(2)(a) of the Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was entitled to be credited with earnings equal to the lower earnings limit then in force under regulation 8B(2)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

none of regulations 22, 23, 24 or 26 apply to that claimant (whether or not, in the case of joint claimants, any of those regulations apply to the other claimant).

where paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies and the claimant was not entitled to the relevant award on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made, the date on which the relevant award terminated;

where paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies, the claimant is not a new claimant partner and he or she was entitled to the relevant award on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made, that date;

where paragraph (1)(a)(i) applies, the claimant is a new claimant partner and he or she was entitled to the relevant award on the date on which the claim for universal credit was treated as made, that date;

where paragraph (1)(a)(ii) applies, the date on which the claimant ceased to be the partner of P or, if earlier, the date on which the relevant award terminated.

paragraph 6(1)(c) or 7(1)(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations;

paragraph 8(1)(c) or 9(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the 2008 Regulations; or, as the case may be,

paragraph 6(1)(c) or 8(1)(b) of Schedule 3 M48 to the 1987 Regulations.

paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 5 to the Universal Credit Regulations does not apply; and

paragraph (1)(b) of this regulation, inclusion of an amount in respect of housing costs in a relevant award is to be taken into account even if the relevant award subsequently terminated by virtue of an order made under section 150(3) of the Act, regulation 7 or, as the case may be, regulation 8, before the date on which that amount was included in the award;

paragraph (5)(b) of this regulation, entitlement to a relevant award is to be treated as having continued until the relevant date even if the award subsequently terminated by virtue of an order made under section 150(3) of the Act, regulation 7 or, as the case may be, regulation 8, before that date.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was previously entitled to old style ESA (“the ESA award”); and

on the relevant date, payments in respect of the ESA award were reduced under regulation 63 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 M52 (“the 2008 Regulations”).

where the claimant was not entitled to old style ESA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made, the date on which the ESA award terminated;

where the claimant is not a new claimant partner and was entitled to old style ESA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made, that date;

where the claimant is a new claimant partner and was entitled to old style ESA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was treated as made, that date.

the failure which led to reduction of the ESA award (“the ESA failure”) is to be treated, for the purposes of the Universal Credit Regulations, as a failure which is sanctionable under section 27 of the Act;

the award of universal credit is to be reduced in relation to the ESA failure, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Universal Credit Regulations (sanctions), as modified by this regulation; and

the reduction is to be treated, for the purposes of the Universal Credit Regulations, as a reduction under section 27 of the Act.

the number of days (if any) in that period in respect of which the amount of old style ESA was reduced; and

if the ESA award terminated before the first date of entitlement to universal credit in connection with the current award, the number of days (if any) in the period after termination of that award, before the start of the universal credit award.

a reduction of universal credit in accordance with regulation 30; and

any reduction of old style ESA under the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 (“the 2008 Regulations”) which did not result in a reduction under regulation 30,

a reduction of universal credit in accordance with regulation 30 if, at any time after that reduction, the claimant was entitled to an existing benefit;

a reduction of old style ESA under the 2008 Regulations if, at any time after that reduction, the claimant was entitled to universal credit, new style ESA or new style JSA, and was subsequently entitled to an existing benefit.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who was previously entitled to old style JSA (“the JSA award”);

on the relevant date, payments in respect of the JSA award were reduced under section 19 (as it applied either before or after substitution by the Act M54) or section 19A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), or under regulation 69B of the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 M55 (“the 1996 Regulations”); and

where the claimant was not entitled to old style JSA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made, the date on which the JSA award terminated;

where the claimant is not a new claimant partner and was entitled to old style JSA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was made, that date;

where the claimant is a new claimant partner and was entitled to old style JSA on the date on which the claim for universal credit was treated as made, that date.

the award of universal credit is to be reduced in relation to the JSA failure, in accordance with the provisions of this regulation and Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Universal Credit Regulations (sanctions), as modified by this regulation; and

the reduction is to be treated, for the purposes of the Universal Credit Regulations, as a reduction under section 26 or, as the case may be, section 27 of the Act.

the number of days (if any) in that period in respect of which the amount of old style JSA was reduced; and

if the award of old style JSA terminated before the first date of entitlement to universal credit in connection with the current award, the number of days (if any) in the period after termination of that award, before the start of the universal credit award.

a reduction of universal credit in accordance with regulation 32; and

any reduction of old style JSA under section 19 or 19A of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (“the 1995 Act”), or under regulation 69B of the 1996 Regulations which did not result in a reduction under regulation 32, is, subject to paragraph (3), to be treated as arising from a sanctionable failure for which the reduction period is the number of days which is equivalent to the length of the period which applied under regulation 69, 69A or 69B of the 1996 Regulations.

a reduction of universal credit in accordance with regulation 32 if, at any time after that reduction, the claimant was entitled to an existing benefit;

a reduction of old style JSA under section 19 or 19A of the 1995 Act, or under regulation 69B of the 1996 Regulations if, at any time after that reduction, the claimant was entitled to universal credit, new style ESA or new style JSA, and was subsequently entitled to an existing benefit.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is an offender;

the claimant was entitled to old style JSA, old style ESA, income support or housing benefit (“the earlier award”) at any time during the period of one month ending with the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made (or would have been so entitled were it not for termination of that award by virtue of an order made under section 150(3) of the Act or, as the case may be, the effect of these Regulations); and

payments in respect of the earlier award were, on the relevant date, subject to a restriction under section 6B (loss of benefit in case of conviction, penalty or caution for benefit offence), 7 (repeated benefit fraud) or 8 (effect of offence on joint-claim jobseeker's allowance) of the 2001 Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is an offender;

another person who was the offender's family member (but is no longer their family member) was entitled to old style JSA, old style ESA, income support or housing benefit (“the earlier award”) at any time during the period of one month ending with the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

payments in respect of the earlier award were, on the relevant date, subject to a restriction under section 9 (effect of offence on benefits for members of offender's family) of the 2001 Act.

an award of universal credit is made to a claimant who is an offender's family member;

the offender, or the claimant, was entitled to old style JSA, old style ESA, income support or housing benefit (“the earlier award”) at any time during the period of one month ending with the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made; and

payments in respect of the earlier award were, on the relevant date, subject to a restriction under section 6B, 7, 8 or, as the case may be, 9 of the 2001 Act.

any subsequent payment of universal credit to the claimant in respect of an assessment period which falls wholly or partly within the remainder of the disqualification period applicable to the offender is to be reduced in accordance with regulation 36; and

regulation 3ZB of the 2001 Regulations M58 does not apply.

payments in respect of the award were, on the relevant date, subject to a restriction under section 8(2) of the 2001 Act; or

the award of universal credit is not made to joint claimants who were, on the relevant date, both entitled to the joint-claim jobseeker's allowance.

the monetary amount by which payments in respect of the earlier award were reduced in accordance with section 6B or 7 of the 2001 Act or, as the case may be, regulation 3, 3ZA M65 or 17 of the 2001 Regulations in respect of the last complete week before the relevant date (within the meaning of regulation 35);

multiplied by 52;

divided by 365; and

rounded down to the nearest 10 pence.

the daily reduction rate is to be calculated in accordance with paragraph (3), but on the basis of the new amount by which payments would have been reduced; and

any adjustment to the reduction of universal credit is to take effect from the first day of the first assessment period to start after the date of the change.

the amount of the standard allowance M66 applicable to the joint claimants under regulation 36 of the Universal Credit Regulations (table showing amounts of elements);

multiplied by 12;

divided by 365;

reduced by 60%; and

rounded down to the nearest 10 pence.

was previously entitled to working tax credit; and

is an offender, within the meaning of the 2002 Act.

in paragraph (1) at the beginning there were inserted “Subject to regulation 38 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014,”;

“disqualification period” includes a disqualification period within the meaning of the 2002 Act;

“offender” includes an offender within the meaning of the 2002 Act; and

“offender’s family member” includes a person who is a member of the family (within the meaning of section 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992) of a person who is an offender within the meaning of the 2002 Act.