Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 201314

1

The Universal Credit Regulations 201316 are amended as follows.

2

In regulation 35 (meaning of “relevant childcare”), for paragraph (4)(e) substitute—

e

by a person who is employed, or engaged under a contract for services, to provide care and support by the provider of a domiciliary support service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016; or

3

In Schedule 1 (meaning of payments in respect of accommodation), in paragraph 1 (interpretation), in the definition of “care home”—

a

in paragraph (a) omit “and Wales”;

b

after paragraph (a) insert—

aa

in Wales, means a place at which a care home service within the meaning of Part 1 of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 is provided wholly or mainly to persons aged 18 or over;

c

in paragraph (c), for “either case” substitute “any of the above cases”.