# The Social Security (Payments on Account of Benefit) Regulations 2013, Regulation 12: Conditions for payment of budgeting advances


(1) The Secretary of State may make a budgeting advance to B for the purpose of defraying an intermittent expense of B if—
(a) B makes an application to the Secretary of State for a budgeting advance;
(b) B, or in a case where B is a member of a couple, B or their partner, is in receipt of universal credit;
(c) except where paragraph (2) applies, B or, in a case where B is a member of a couple, B or their partner, has been in receipt of benefit for a continuous period of at least 6 months on the date of the application for a budgeting advance;
(d) the earnings condition in regulation 13 is satisfied; and
(e) the recovery condition in regulation 14 is satisfied.
(2) This paragraph applies where the intermittent expense to be defrayed is necessarily related to B or, in a case where B is a member of a couple, their partner, obtaining or retaining employment.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), “benefit” means—
(a) universal credit;
(b) employment and support allowance;
(c) income support;
(d) jobseeker’s allowance; or
(e) state pension credit.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—
(a) “employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the 2012 Act (to remove references to an income-related allowance);
(b) “jobseeker’s allowance” means an income-based jobseeker’s allowance under the 1995 Act as it has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the 2012 Act (to remove references to an income-based allowance).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531532/regulation/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-payments-on-account-of-benefit-regulations-2013/regulation-12
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