Regulation 5 Payment on account of benefit where there is no award of benefit

(1)

The Secretary of State may make a payment on account of benefit to A if—

(a)

either of paragraphs (2) or (3) applies;

(b)

it appears to the Secretary of State likely that the conditions of entitlement for benefit are satisfied F1(or will be satisfied during the period in respect of which the payment is to be made); F2...

(c)

the Secretary of State is satisfied that A is in financial need F3; and

F4(d)

where the payment on account of benefit is to be on account of universal credit, A has been allocated a national insurance number.

(2)

This paragraph applies where A has made a claim for benefit but the claim has not yet been determined.

(3)

This paragraph applies where A is not required to make a claim for benefit by virtue of—

(a)

regulation 6 or 7 of the UC etc. Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to universal credit or an employment and support allowance in certain cases); or, as the case may be,

(b)

regulation 3 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (claims not required for entitlement to benefit in certain cases) M1,

but an award of benefit has not yet been made.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 5(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the commencing S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 5(1)(a)
F2: Word in reg. 5(1)(b) omitted (1.4.2024) by virtue of The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/341), regs. 1(2), 6(a)
F3: Word in reg. 5(1)(c) substituted for full stop (1.4.2024) by The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/341), regs. 1(2), 6(b)
F4: Reg. 5(1)(d) inserted (1.4.2024) by The Social Security and Universal Credit (Migration of Tax Credit Claimants and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/341), regs. 1(2), 6(c)

Marginal citations

M1

Regulation 3 has been amended by S.I. 1989/136, 1994/2943, 1999/2556, 1999/3178, 2000/1483, 2001/488, 2003/1589, 2005/1551, 2007/2470, 2008/441, 2008/1554, 2008/2667, 2009/1490 and 2010/840 and

1794.