{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "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 25 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, or a welfare benefit (other than universal credit) mentioned in Article 101(7) of the Order (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 Article 101(7) of the Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1) substituted (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(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(1)(a) substituted (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending Rule) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/375), regs. 1(4), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 7(2) substituted (coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending Rule) by The Benefit Cap (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/375), regs. 1(4), 5(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 7 coming into operation in accordance with reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/226/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:32:14.754663+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."
}