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4.—(1) The amendments in regulations 2 and 3 do not apply to an award of universal credit that has been made by virtue of any of the following orders—
(a)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013(1);
(b)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2013(2);
(c)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013(3);
(d)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 14 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013(4);
(e)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 16 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014(5);
(f)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 17 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2014(6);
(g)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014(7);
(h)the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015(8),
unless it is an award to which paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies to—
(a)an award made to members of a couple jointly as a consequence of a previous award having ended when the couple formed; or
(b)an award made to a single claimant as a consequence of a previous award having ended when the claimant ceased to be a member of couple,
where either member of the couple in question is a digital service claimant.
(3) A “digital service claimant” is a person who has become entitled to an award of universal credit—
(a)by reference to residence in the postcode part-district SM5 2;
(b)by forming a couple with a person who became entitled to an award of universal credit by reference to residence in that postcode;
(c)by forming a couple with a person who became entitled to an award of universal credit by virtue of sub-paragraph (b); or
(d)by forming a couple with a person who became entitled to an award of universal credit by virtue of sub-paragraph (c).
(4) In regulation 54A of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (as inserted by regulation 2(2)) “the old award” does not include an award the last day of which fell before 6th April 2016 and in regulation 57A (as inserted by regulation 3(4)) “unused loss” does not include the loss from an assessment period that ended before that date.
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