Regulation 6 Applications for, and awards of, universal credit to which these Regulations do not applyI1

Scotland

(1)

F1Other than as described in paragraph (1A), these Regulations have no effect in relation to—

(a)

an award of universal credit which has been made before 4th October 2017;

(b)

an application made before that date for such an award or an award made as a result of such an application;

(c)

an award of universal credit which is not administered on the digital service computer system operated by the Secretary of State in digital service areas;

(d)

an application for such an award which will not be administered on that system if granted;

(e)

an award of universal credit which is administered on that system only as a result of a decision of the Secretary of State to transfer the administration of that award to that system from another system operated by the Secretary of State.

F2(1A)

From 31st January 2018, regulations 1, 2 and 4 have effect in relation to the awards and applications described in paragraph (1), unless it is an award or application to which either of the following conditions applies—

(a)

an award of universal credit which is not administered on the digital service computer system operated by the Secretary of State in digital service areas;

(b)

an application for such an award which will not be administered on that system if granted.

(2)

For F3the purposes of paragraphs (1)(c) and (1A)(a), “digital service area” has the meaning given in regulation 5(3) of the Universal Credit (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2014^f1.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 6(1) inserted (31.1.2018) by The Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/436), regs. 1, 2(2)
F2: Reg. 6(1A) inserted (31.1.2018) by The Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/436), regs. 1, 2(3)
F3: Words in reg. 6(2) substituted (31.1.2018) by The Universal Credit (Claims and Payments) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/436), regs. 1, 2(4)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 6 in force at 4.10.2017, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2014/2887, as substituted by S.I. 2015/1754.