Social Security PART 1 INTRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 FIRST STAGE OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT CHAPTER 1 ENTITLEMENT TO CLAIM UNIVERSAL CREDIT Entitlement to claim universal credit 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2 THE PATHFINDER GROUP The Pathfinder Group 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal characteristics 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fitness to work 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing benefits 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Existing benefits: ongoing awards of tax credits 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income and capital 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Caring responsibilities 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other requirements 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 3 TREATMENT OF INVALID CLAIMS FOR UNIVERSAL CREDIT Incorrect information regarding entitlement to claim 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 4 AWARDS OF UNIVERSAL CREDIT WITHOUT A CLAIM Awards of universal credit without a claim 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 EFFECT OF TRANSITION TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT CHAPTER 1 ENTITLEMENT TO EXISTING BENEFITS Exclusion of entitlement to existing benefits 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Termination of awards of existing benefits 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Finalisation of tax credits and modification of tax credits legislation 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ongoing appeals etc 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHAPTER 2 TRANSITION FROM EXISTING BENEFITS TO UNIVERSAL CREDIT Advance payments of universal credit 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Benefit Cap 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Income from existing benefits 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deductions from benefits 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from employment and support allowance 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from employment and support allowance before the end of the assessment phase 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from income support based on incapacity 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from other incapacity benefits 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from other incapacity benefits: claimants approaching pensionable age 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transition from other incapacity benefits: supplementary 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Support for housing costs 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Escalation of sanctions: transition from employment and support allowance 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Escalation of sanctions: transition from jobseeker's allowance 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sanctions: temporary return to existing benefits 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Loss of benefit penalties 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .