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The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 22 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 31 Cited in Amendments 16 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/101
Year2015
  • This Order may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement
    • (1) In this Order—
    • “the 2015 Amendment Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2015 ;
    • “the Act” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012;
    • “the amending provisions” means the provisions referred to in article 4(1) (a) to (c) of the No. 9 Order (day appointed for the abolition of income-related employment and support allowance and income-based jobseeker's allowance) ;
    • “the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987” means the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987 ;
    • “claimant”—
      • (a) in relation to an employment and support allowance, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 ;
      • (b) in relation to a jobseeker's allowance, has the same meaning as in the Jobseekers Act 1995 (as it applies apart from the amendments made by Part 1 of Schedule 14 to the Act that remove references to an income-based jobseeker's allowance) ;
      • (c) in relation to universal credit, has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Act ;
    • “employment and support allowance” means an employment and support allowance under Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007;
    • “First-tier Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998 ;
    • “Index of Relevant Districts” means the Index of Relevant Districts issued by the Department for Work and Pensions on 10th February 2015 ;
    • “jobseeker's allowance” means a jobseeker's allowance under the Jobseekers Act 1995;
    • “the No. 9 Order” means the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No 8 and Savings and Transitional Provisions (Amendment) ) Order 2013;
    • “Upper Tribunal” has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1998.
    as that Schedule has effect apart from the amendments made by article 4(5) (b) of the 2015 Amendment Order;as if that Schedule, as it has effect under sub-paragraph (a) , were amended in accordance with paragraph (4) of this article; andin relation to a case where a claim for universal credit, an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker's allowance is made or treated as made on or after 6th April 2015, as if, in paragraph 4(1) of that Schedule, as that Schedule has effect under sub-paragraph (b) , for “£330” there were substituted “ £338 ”.(3) In this Order, references to numbered “relevant districts” are to the postcode districts and part-districts specified in the first column of the table in the Index of Relevant Districts corresponding to the number relating to those relevant districts that is specified in the third column of that table.after paragraph 1(a) (personal characteristics) a single person (where that expression has the meaning given by section 40 of the Act) ;for paragraph 4 (income and capital) The claimant must declare that, during the period of one month starting with the date on which the claim for universal credit is made, the claimant's earned income is expected not to exceed £330.The claimant's capital must not exceed £6,000.For the purposes of this paragraph, “earned income” and “capital” have the same meanings as they have in Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations.in sub-paragraph (1) omit “, 4(2) ”;omit sub-paragraph (2) .whether a claim for universal credit is made; andthe date on which such a claim is made.whether a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker's allowance is made; andthe date on which the claim is made or treated as made.a person makes a claim for an employment and support allowance or a jobseeker's allowance if he or she takes any action which results in a decision on a claim being required under the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987; andit is irrelevant that the effect of any provision of those Regulations is that, for the purposes of those Regulations, the claim is made or treated as made at a date that is earlier than the date on which that action is taken.regulation 6(1F) (b) or (c) of the Claims and Payments Regulations 1987 regulation 6(4ZA) to (4ZD) and (4A) (a) (i) and (b) of those Regulations (1) The day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act listed in Schedule 2 to the No. 9 Order, in so far as they are not already in force, in relation to a claim referred to in paragraph (2) , and any award that is made in respect of the claim, is the day appointed in accordance with paragraph (3) .a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 16th February 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 16th February 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 29 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 23rd February 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 23rd February 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 30 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 2nd March 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 2nd March 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 31 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 9th March 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 9th March 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 32 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 16th March 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 16th March 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 33 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 23rd March 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 23rd March 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 34 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 13th April 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 13th April 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 35 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 20th April 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 20th April 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant resides in one of the No. 36 relevant districts and meets the gateway conditions;a claim for universal credit that is made on or after 27th April 2015 in respect of a period that begins on or after 27th April 2015 where, on the date on which the claim is made, the claimant

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