{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-sdp-gateway-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-sdp-gateway-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2019/2",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (SDP Gateway) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-sdp-gateway-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2019",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "text": "(1) The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) after the definition of “qualifying young person” insert—\n““severe disability premium” means the premium in relation to an employment and support allowance under paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the ESA Regulations 2008 or, as the case may be, the corresponding premium in relation to income support, old style JSA or housing benefit;”.\n(3) After regulation 2A insert—\n“Restriction on claims for universal credit by persons entitled to a severe disability premium\n2B. No claim may be made for universal credit on or after 16th January 2019 by a single claimant who, or joint claimants either of whom—\n(a) is, or has been within the past month, entitled to an award of an existing benefit that includes a severe disability premium; and\n(b) in a case where the award ended during that month, has continued to satisfy the conditions for eligibility for a severe disability premium.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2016 No. 226."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of qualifying young person was inserted by regulation 3(2) of S.R. 2017 No.79."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Regulation 2A was inserted by regulation 12(2) of S.R. 2017 No. 116."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/2/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:59.102286+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."
}