# The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, Regulation 59: Qualifying claim – Department may set later commencement day


Where the Department decides a qualifying claim, and it is not a case where the award is to commence before the date of claim by virtue of regulation 47(3) ... (claim made by the final deadline) or 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 Department may determine a day on which the award of universal credit is to commence that is after, but no more than one month after, the date of claim.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/226/regulation/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-59
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