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Regulation 27 Award to include LCW and LCWRA elements

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(1)

An award of universal credit is to include an amount—

(a)

in respect of the fact that a claimant has limited capability for work (“the LCW element”); or

(b)

in respect of the fact that a claimant has limited capability for work and work-related activity (“the LCWRA element”).

(2)

The amounts of those elements are given in the table in regulation 36.

(3)

Whether a claimant has limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity is determined in accordance with Part 5.

(4)

In the case of joint claimants, where each of them has limited capability for work or for work and work-related activity, the award is only to include one element and that is the LCWRA element if one of them has limited capability for work and work-related activity, but otherwise it is the LCW element.