The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013
PART 1INTRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION
1Citation and commencement
2Interpretation
PART 2FIRST STAGE OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT
CHAPTER 1ENTITLEMENT TO CLAIM UNIVERSAL CREDIT
3Entitlement to claim universal credit
CHAPTER 2THE PATHFINDER GROUP
4The Pathfinder Group
5Personal characteristics
6Fitness to work
7Existing benefits
8Existing benefits: ongoing awards of tax credits
9Income and capital
10Housing
11Caring responsibilities
12Other requirements
CHAPTER 3TREATMENT OF INVALID CLAIMS FOR UNIVERSAL CREDIT
13Incorrect information regarding entitlement to claim
CHAPTER 4AWARDS OF UNIVERSAL CREDIT WITHOUT A CLAIM
14Awards of universal credit without a claim
PART 3EFFECT OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT
CHAPTER 1ENTITLEMENT TO EXISTING BENEFITS
15Exclusion of entitlement to existing benefits
16Termination of awards of existing benefits
17Finalisation of tax credits and modification of tax credits legislation
18Ongoing appeals etc
CHAPTER 2TRANSITION FROM EXISTING BENEFITS TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT
19Advance payments of universal credit
20Benefit Cap
21Income from existing benefits
22Deductions from benefits
23Transition from employment and support allowance
24Transition from employment and support allowance before the end of the assessment phase
25Transition from income support based on incapacity
26Transition from other incapacity benefits
27Transition from other incapacity benefits: claimants approaching pensionable age
28Transition from other incapacity benefits: supplementary
29Support for housing costs
30Sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance
31Escalation of sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance
32Sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance
33Escalation of sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance
34Sanctions: temporary return to existing benefits
35Loss of benefit penalties
SCHEDULEMODIFICATIONS TO TAX CREDITS LEGISLATION
1Modifications to the Tax Credits Act 2002
2In section 7— (a) in subsection (3), before “current year...
3In section 17— (a) in subsection (1)(a), before “tax year”...
4In section 18— (a) in subsection (1), before “tax year”...
5In section 19— (a) in subsection (1)(a) and (b), before...
6In section 20— (a) in subsection (1), before “tax year”...
7In section 21, for “18(1), (5), (6) or (9)” substitute...
8In section 23— (a) in subsection (1), for “18(1), (5),...
9In section 28— (a) in subsection (1)—
10In section 29(4), for “any tax credit” substitute “ universal...
11In section 30(1), before “tax year” in each place where...
12In section 38— (a) in subsection (1)(b), before “tax year”...
13In section 48, after the definition of “overpayment”, insert— “part...
14In Schedule 2, in paragraph 6(1)(a) and (c) and (2)(a),...
15Modifications to the Tax Credits (Definition and Calculation of Income) Regulations 2002
16In regulation 2(2), after the definition of “the Macfarlane Trusts”...
17In regulation 3 — (a) in paragraph (1)—
18In regulation 4 — (a) in paragraph (1)(a), before “tax...
19In regulation 5 — (a) in paragraph (1)(o), after “applies”...
20In regulation 6 — (a) after “claimant's trading income is”...
21After regulation 6 insert— Trading Income: in-year finalisation This regulation applies where— (a) an award of universal credit...
22In regulation 7 — (a) in paragraph (1), after “social...
23In regulation 8 , after “in relation to a student”...
24In regulation 10 — (a) in paragraph (1), after “gross...
25In regulation 11(1) — (a) omit “annual”;
26In regulation 12(1) , before “year” insert “ part tax...
27In regulation 13, after “means income” insert “ received in...
28In regulation 18 , after “means income” insert “ received...
29Modifications to the Tax Credits (Income Thresholds and Determination of Rates) Regulations 2002
30In regulation 2 (interpretation)— (a) after the definition of “the...
31In regulation 7(3) — (a) in Step 1, in the...
32In regulation 8(3) — (a) in Step 1, in the...
33Modifications to the Tax Credits (Claims and Notifications) Regulations 2002
34In regulation 4, omit paragraph (b) .
35Omit regulation 10.
36Omit regulation 11 .
37Omit regulation 12 .
38In regulation 13— (a) in paragraph (1) , after “prescribed...
39In regulation 15(1)(c), for “section 18(1), (5), (6) or (9)”...
40In regulation 21(1A) , for “regulation 27(2), (2A) or (3)”...
41In regulation 27— (a) in paragraph (1) , after “prescribed...
42In regulation 33 — (a) in paragraph (a), for the...
43Modification to the Tax Credits (Payment by the Commissioners) Regulations 2002
44Omit regulation 7 .
45Modification to the Tax Credits (Residence) Regulations 2003
46In regulation 3(5)(a) , omit the words in brackets after...

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