Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4 inserted (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(2), 3(7) (with reg. 2)
44.—(1) The Secretary of State may, at any time, issue a notice (“a migration notice”) to a person who is entitled to an award of an existing benefit—
(a)informing the person that all awards of any existing benefits to which they are entitled are to terminate and that they will need to make a claim for universal credit; and
(b)specifying a day (“the deadline day”) by which a claim for universal credit must be made.
(2) The migration notice may contain such other information as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(3) The deadline day must not be within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the migration notice is issued.
(4) If the person who is entitled to an award of an existing benefit is, for the purposes of that award, a member of a couple or a member of a polygamous marriage, the Secretary of State must also issue the migration notice to the other member (or members).
(5) The Secretary of State may cancel a migration notice issued to any person—
(a)if it has been issued in error;
(b)if the Secretary of State has made a determination in accordance with regulation 4 (discretion to determine that claims for universal credit may not be made) that would affect a claim by that person; or
(c)in any other circumstances where the Secretary State considers it necessary to do so in the interests of the person, or any class of person, or to safeguard the efficient administration of universal credit.
(6) A “notified person” is a person to whom a migration notice has been issued.]