Regulation 29 Amendment of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987

(1)

The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)^f2, after the definition of “State Pension Credit Regulations” insert—

““universal credit” means universal credit under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012;”.

(3)

In regulation 16A(2) (date of entitlement under an award of state pension credit for the purpose of payability and effective date of change of rate)^f3—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (a), after “income support,” insert “universal credit,”; and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (b), after income-based jobseeker’s allowance” insert “or universal credit”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1987/1968.
f2: Regulation 2(1) has been amended in ways not relevant to these Regulations.
f3: Regulation 16A was inserted by S.I. 2002/3019 and paragraph (2) of that regulation was amended by S.I. 2008/1554.