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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2013/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2013/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111531549",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Awards of universal credit without a claim",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), an award of universal credit may be made without a claim in accordance with regulation 6 (Claims not required for entitlement to universal credit in certain cases) or regulation 9(6) or (7) (Claims for universal credit by members of a couple) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, even if the person to whom that award is made would not otherwise be permitted to claim universal credit by these Regulations.\n(2) Where a decision is made that a person is not entitled to universal credit for the first assessment period due to the level of their earned income (within the meaning of the Universal Credit Regulations), regulation 6(2) of the Claims and Payments Regulations does not apply.\n(3) No award of universal credit may be made to a person under regulation 6 or 9(6) or (7) of the Claims and Payments Regulations at any time when they or their partner are entitled to—\n(a) state pension credit; or\n(b) an existing benefit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111531549/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:58.903061+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}