The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 No. 1230

[F1 PART 3 U.K. ARRANGEMENTS REGARDING CHANGES TO THE CHILD ELEMENT FROM APRIL 2017

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 3 inserted (6.4.2017) by The Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/376), regs. 1, 3(3)

Availability of the child element where maximum exceeded – continuation of exception from a previous award of child tax credit, income support or old style JSA U.K.

41.— (1) Where—

(a) the claimant (“C”) is the step-parent of a child or qualifying young person (“A”); and

(b) within the 6 months immediately preceding the first day on which C became entitled to an award of universal credit, C had an award of child tax credit, income support or old style JSA in which an exception corresponding with an exception under paragraph 2, 3, 5 or 6 of Schedule 12 to the Universal Credit Regulations applied in respect of A,

paragraph 6 of that Schedule is to apply as if sub-paragraph (c) of that paragraph were satisfied, despite the fact that the previous award was not an award of universal credit.

(2) In this regulation, “step-parent” has the same meaning as in the Universal Credit Regulations.]