{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2014/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2014/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Treatment of ongoing entitlement to certain benefits: benefit cap",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies where a claimant who is a new claimant partner, or who has (in accordance with regulation 26 of the Claims and Payments Regulations) been awarded universal credit in respect of a period preceding the date on which the claim for universal credit was made or treated as made—\n(a) is entitled, in respect of the whole or part of the first assessment period for universal credit, to a welfare benefit (other than universal credit) mentioned in section 96(10) of the Act (benefit cap); and\n(b) is entitled to housing benefit at any time during the first assessment period for universal credit, or would be so entitled were it not for the effect of these Regulations.\n(2) Where this regulation applies, regulation 79 of the Universal Credit Regulations applies, in relation to the claimant, as if the benefit in question was not included in the list of welfare benefits in section 96(10) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(1) substituted (29.6.2023) by The Social Security and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/543), regs. 1(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(1)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/909), regs. 1(1), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/909), regs. 1(1), 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1230/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:45:32.075533+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}