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.
[F2(3A) But 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.]
(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; [F3or]
F4(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.
[F5(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.]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 44(3A) inserted (8.6.2024) by The Social Security (State Pension Age Claimants: Closure of Tax Credits) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/611), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(a)
F3Word in reg. 44(5)(a) inserted (25.7.2022) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/752), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(7)(a)
F4Reg. 44(5)(b) omitted (25.7.2022) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/752), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(7)(b)