PART 1UNIVERSAL CREDIT MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS

Waiting days – amendment of exemption for care leavers

5.  In regulation 19A(3)(b)(iii) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1), at the end insert “or a person under the age of 22 who is claiming universal credit for the first time and was a care leaver before reaching the age of 18”.

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Regulation 19A was inserted by regulation 2(1)(a) of S.I. 2015/1362.