Regulation 8 Period covered by loan payments
The period in respect of which the loan payments shall be made shall begin on the later of—
6th April 2018;
in the case of a UC claimant or legacy benefit claimant, F1, except where sub-paragraph (ba) or (bb) applies, the day after the day on which the qualifying period ends;
in the case of a couple where one member is an SPC claimant receiving loan payments, the first day of entitlement to universal credit as a couple;
in the case of a couple where one member was formerly an SPC claimant receiving loan payments, the first day of entitlement to universal credit as a couple, if the first day of that entitlement is within the period of one month beginning with the day on which the entitlement to state pension credit ended;
in the case of an F4SPC claimant (who is not in a couple), the first day of entitlement to state pension credit;
the transitional end dayF5;
a date requested by the claimant.
If the day referred to in F7sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (e) of paragraph (1) is not the first day of the claimant’s benefit week, in the case of a legacy benefit claimant or SPC claimant, or assessment period, in the case of a UC claimant, the day referred to shall be the first day of the first benefit week or first assessment period that begins after that date.
In this regulation, “couple” means a couple entitled to universal credit as joint claimants under regulation 3(2)(a) of the UC Regulations.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 8(1)(b) inserted (3.4.2023) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/226), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(i)
- F2
Reg. 8(1)(ba)(bb) inserted (3.4.2023) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/226), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(ii)
- F3
Reg. 8(1)(c) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(a)
- F4
Words in reg. 8(1)(c) substituted (3.4.2023) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/226), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(a)(iii)
- F5
Reg. 8(1)(e) inserted (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(b)
- F6
Reg. 8(2) substituted (6.4.2018) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest and Social Fund Maternity Grant (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/307), regs. 1(2), 2(4)(c)
- F7
Words in reg. 8(2) substituted (3.4.2023) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/226), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(b)
- F8
Reg. 8(3) inserted (3.4.2023) by The Loans for Mortgage Interest (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/226), regs. 1(1), 2(4)(c)