Regulation 8 Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

after paragraph (1C) insert—

“(1D)

This regulation also applies where a person—

(a)

receives a miscarriage of justice compensation payment or is a person for whose benefit such a payment is made;

(b)

is the partner of a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) refers, and receives a payment by or on behalf of that person which is derived from the miscarriage of justice compensation payment;

(c)

was the partner of a person to whom sub-paragraph (a) refers immediately before their death and receives a payment from their estate which is derived from a miscarriage of justice compensation payment;

(d)

in a case where a miscarriage of justice compensation payment is made to the personal representative of a deceased person (“P”), was P’s partner immediately before P’s death and receives a payment from P’s estate which is derived from the miscarriage of justice compensation payment.”;

in paragraph (4) after the definition of “the Horizon system” insert—

• ““miscarriage of justice compensation payment” means—

  1. (a)

     a payment made under section 133(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; or

  2. (b)

     any other payment made by the Secretary of State, the Scottish Ministers or, in Northern Ireland, the Department of Justice, for the purpose of compensating a person—

     1. (i)

        for a miscarriage of justice in criminal proceedings, or

     2. (ii)

        for being wrongfully charged with a criminal offence;”.