Explanatory note

These Regulations make amendments consequential on the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Act 2026 (c. 13). They come into force on the same day as that Act, 6th April 2026.

Regulation 2 amends the Housing Benefit Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/213) by removing the provisions that apply the two child limit to housing benefit.

Regulation 3 omits two regulations in the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/1230) that make transitional provision in relation to claimants with more than two children on moving to universal credit.

Regulation 4 omits regulations 5, 6 and 9 of the Social Security (Restrictions on Amounts for Children and Qualifying Young Persons) Regulations 2017. Regulations 5 and 6 modify the Income Support (General) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1967) and the Jobseekers Allowance Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/207) by introducing a maximum of two children in the applicable amount in relation to those benefits. Regulation 9 is a transitional provision relating to the application of the two child limit to housing benefit.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for these Regulations as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.