[F1PART 4U.K.MANAGED MIGRATION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT

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The Migration ProcessU.K.

Migration noticeU.K.

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) [F2Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (3B),] the deadline day must not be within the period of three months beginning with the day on which the migration notice is issued.

[F3(3A) F4... Where a migration notice is issued after cancellation of a previous migration notice or after cancellation of a tax credit closure notice the deadline day may be within such shorter period as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.]

[F5(3B) Where a migration notice is—

(a)issued to a person who is entitled to an award of a tax credit; and

(b)issued on or after 27th January 2025 and before 6th April 2025,

the deadline day may be 6th April 2025.]

(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; [F6or]

F7(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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.

[F8(5A) In a case referred to in paragraph (5)(a) the Secretary of State may, instead of cancelling the migration notice, treat that notice as if it were a tax credit closure notice issued to that person and may treat the deadline day in the migration notice as if it were the deadline day in a tax credit closure notice.]

(6) A “notified person” is a person to whom a migration notice has been issued.]

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