Regulation 11 Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014

In regulation 55 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (the transitional element - initial amount and adjustment where other elements increase)^f1—

(a)

in paragraph (4), for “paragraphs (5) and (5A)” substitute “paragraphs (5), (5A) and (5B)”;

(b)

after paragraph (5A), insert—

“(5B)

In an assessment period where—

(a)

the carer element has been replaced by the LCW element or the LCWRA element, or

(b)

the LCW element or the LCWRA element has been replaced by the carer element,

the “relevant increase” is to be treated as the net increase (if any) produced by deducting the amount of the element which is being removed from the amount of the element replacing it.”;

(c)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

after “In this regulation,” insert ““carer element”,”;

(ii)

after ““housing costs element”” omit “, “LCW element””;

(d)

after paragraph (6), insert—

“(7)

In this regulation, “LCW element” has the same meaning as in regulation 27 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 as it has effect apart from the amendments made by regulation 4(4) of the Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional and Savings Provisions) Regulations 2017^f2.”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2014/1230; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2019/1152, 2022/752 and 2025/3.
f2: S.I. 2017/204.