Regulation 47 Termination of existing benefits if no claim before the deadlineF1

(1)

Where a notified person has not made a claim for universal credit on or before the deadline day, all awards of any existing benefits to which the person is entitled terminate—

(a)

in the case of housing benefit F2in the form of a rent rebate or allowance awarded in connection with regulation 13 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 13 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations, F3income support, income-based jobseeker’s allowance or income-related employment and support allowance, on the last day of the period of two weeks beginning with the deadline day; and

(b)

in the case of F4housing benefit in the form of a rate rebate awarded in accordance with regulation 12 of the Housing Benefit Regulations or regulation 12 of the Housing Benefit (State Pension Credit) Regulations or F5a tax credit, on the day before the deadline day.

(2)

An award of housing benefit to which a claimant is entitled in respect of specified accommodation or temporary accommodation does not terminate by virtue of this regulation.

(3)

Where paragraph (1) applies and the notified person makes a claim for universal credit—

(a)

after the deadline day; and

(b)

on or before the final deadline specified in paragraph (4),

then, notwithstanding anything in regulation 25 of the Claims and Payments Regulations (time within which a claim for universal credit is to be made) as modified by regulation 14 of these Regulations, the award is to commence on the deadline day.

(4)

The final deadline is the day that would be the last day of the first assessment period in relation to an award commencing on the deadline day.

F6(5)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 4 added (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/152), regs. 1(2), 2(8)
F2: Words in reg. 47(1)(a) inserted (1.8.2022) by The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/194), regs. 1(1), 7
F3: Words in reg. 47(1)(a) inserted (22.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/152), regs. 1(3), 3(5)(a)
F4: Words in reg. 47(1)(b) inserted (29.6.2023) by The Social Security, Universal Credit and State Pension (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/93), regs. 1, 4(4)
F5: Words in reg. 47(1)(b) substituted (22.7.2020) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/152), regs. 1(3), 3(5)(b)
F6: Reg. 47(5) omitted (1.8.2022) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/194), reg. 1(1), Sch. para. 1(8)