# The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Interpretation

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2002 Act” means the Tax Credits Act 2002 ;
“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2007 ;
“the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
“the 2006 (SPC) Regulations” means the Housing Benefit (Persons who have attained the qualifying age for state pension credit) Regulations 2006;
“assessment period” has the same meaning as in the Universal Credit Regulations ;
“childcare costs element” has the meaning in the Universal Credit Regulations;
“the Claims and Payments Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations 2013 ;
“contributory employment and support allowance” means a contributory allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as that Part has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“deadline day” has the meaning in regulation 44;
“the Decisions and Appeals Regulations” means the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013;
“earned income” has the meaning in Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations;
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“existing benefit” means income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment and support allowance, income support, housing benefit and child tax credit and working tax credit under the 2002 Act, but see also paragraph (3) and regulation 25(2);
“final deadline” has the meaning in regulation 46;
“First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998 ;
“HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“housing benefit” means housing benefit under section 130 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ;
“income-based jobseeker's allowance” has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;
“income-related employment and support allowance” means an income-related allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act ;
“income support” means income support under section 124 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;
“indicative UC amount” has the meaning in regulation 54;
“joint-claim jobseeker's allowance” means old style JSA, entitlement to which arises by virtue of section 1(2B) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 ;
“migration day” has the meaning in regulation 49;
“migration notice” has the meaning in regulation 44;
“new claimant partner” has the meaning given in regulation 7;
“new style ESA” means an allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as amended by the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“new style JSA” means an allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as amended by the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;
“notified person” has the meaning in regulation 44;
“old style ESA” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the 2007 Act as that Part has effect apart from the amendments made by Schedule 3, and Part 1 of Schedule 14, to the Act that remove references to an income-related allowance;
“old style JSA” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995 as that Act has effect apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based allowance;
“partner” in relation to a person (“A”) means a person who forms part of a couple with A ;
“qualifying age for state pension credit” has the meaning given by section 1(6) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“qualifying claim” has the meaning in regulation 48;
“qualifying young person” has the same meaning as in the Universal Credit Regulations, but see also regulation 28;
“severe disability premium” means the premium in relation to an employment and support allowance under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008 or, as the case may be, the corresponding premium in relation to income support, old style JSA or housing benefit;
“specified accommodation” means accommodation to which one or more of sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 3A of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations applies;
“state pension credit” means state pension credit under the State Pension Credit Act 2002;
“tax credit” (including “child tax credit” and “working tax credit”), “tax credits” and “tax year” have the same meanings as in the 2002 Act ;
“tax credit closure notice” means a notice issued under article 3A (tax credit closure notice) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 32 and Savings and Transitional Provisions) Order 2019;
“temporary accommodation” means accommodation which falls within Case 1 or Case 2 under paragraph 3B of Schedule 1 to the Universal Credit Regulations;
“total legacy amount” has the meaning in regulation 53;
“transitional capital disregard” has the meaning in regulation 51;
“transitional element” has the meaning in regulation 52;
“the Universal Credit Regulations” means the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 ;
“Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations—
(a) the date on which a claim for universal credit is made is to be determined in accordance with the Claims and Payments Regulations ;
(b) where a couple is treated, in accordance with regulation 9(8) of the Claims and Payments Regulations, as having made a claim for universal credit, references to the date on which the claim is treated as made are to the date of formation of the couple;
(c) where a regulation refers to entitlement to an existing benefit on the date on which a claim for universal credit is made or treated as made, such entitlement is to be taken into account notwithstanding the effect of regulations 5, 7 and 8 or termination of an award of the benefit before that date by virtue of an order made under section 150(3) of the Act .
(3) In these Regulations—
(a) references to an award of income-based jobseeker’s allowance are to an award of old style JSA where the claimant is, or joint claimants are, entitled to the income-based allowance; and
(b) references to an award of income-related employment and support allowance are to an award of old style ESA where the claimant is entitled to the income-related allowance.
(4) In regulation 46 (termination of existing benefits if no claim before the deadline) ... “terminate” in relation to an award of income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance means treating that award as if the following provisions had come into force (including where a saving provision has ceased to apply) in relation to that award—
(a) section 33(1)(a) and (b) and (2) of the Act (abolition of benefits);
(b) paragraphs 22 to 26 of Schedule 3 to the Act (abolition of benefits: consequential amendments) and section 33(3) of the Act in so far as it relates to those paragraphs; and
(c) the repeals in Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act (abolition of benefits superseded by universal credit) that come into force if a claim is made for universal credit.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1230/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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