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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012/schedule-6/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/5",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes—\n(a) provision permanently or temporarily excluding the making of a claim for universal credit after the appointed day by—\n(i) a person to whom an existing benefit is awarded, or\n(ii) a person who would be entitled to an existing benefit on making a claim for it;\n(b) provision temporarily excluding the making of a claim for universal credit after the appointed day by any other person;\n(c) provision excluding entitlement to universal credit temporarily or for a particular period;\n(d) provision for a claim for universal credit made after the appointed day to be treated to any extent as a claim for an existing benefit;\n(e) provision for a claim for an existing benefit made after the appointed day to be treated to any extent as a claim for universal credit.\n(2) The provision referred to in paragraph 1(1) includes provision, where a claim for universal credit is made (or is treated as made) after the appointed day, for an award on the claim to be made in respect of a period before the appointed day (including provision as to the conditions of entitlement for, and amount of, such an award).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 3(1)(a)-(c) in force at 25.2.2013 by S.I. 2013/358, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 para. 42"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 3(1)(d)(e)(2) in force at 18.7.2019 by S.I. 2019/1135, art. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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  },
  "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."
}