Statutory Instruments
2019 No. 27
Social Security
The Universal Credit (Restriction on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2019
Made
9.40 a.m. on 11th January 2019
Laid before Parliament
1.30 p.m. on 11th January 2019
Coming into force
1st February 2019
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(4), 42(1) to (3) and paragraphs 1(1) and 3(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012( 1 ) and section 14(6) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016( 2 ).
In accordance with section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient to refer the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Restriction on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) (Transitional Provisions) Amendment Regulations 2019.
(2) These Regulations come into force on 1st February 2019.
Amendments to the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014
2. —(1)The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) Omit regulation 39 (restriction on claims for universal credit during the interim period).
(3) Omit regulation 40 (availability of the child element where maximum exceeded - transitionally protected children and qualifying young persons).
Amendment to the Universal Credit Regulations 2013
3. In regulation 24A(3) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013( 4 ) for “in the circumstances” to “Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014” substitute “if the child or qualifying young person was born before 6 th April 2017.”
Consequential amendments
4. —(1) In article 5A(1) of 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( 5 ) omit “or regulation 39 of those Regulations (restriction on claims for universal credit during the interim period)”.
(2) In paragraph (11) of article 6 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No 21 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015( 6 ) omit “or 39”.
(3) In paragraph (2) of article 7 (transitional provision: claims for housing benefit, income support or a tax credit) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015( 7 ) omit “or 39”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Alok Sharma
Minister of State for Employment
Department for Work and Pensions
11th January 2019 at 9.40 a.m.
2012 c.5 . Section 10(4) was amended by section 14(4) of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 c.7 .
2016 c.7 .
S.I. 2014/1230 ; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2017/376 .
S.I. 2013/376 , inserted by S.I. 2017/376 .
S.I. 2013/983 (C.41) . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2014/1452 and 2321 , 2017/483 and 2019/10 .
S.I. 2015/33 (C.4) . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/634 , 2017/483 and 2019/10 .
S.I. 2015/634 (C.32) . Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2017/376 and 2019/10 .