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Universal Credit backdate
Time within which a claim for universal credit is to be made
Please see Regulation below, when it is stated they have a disability, can this be argued that anyone who has sick lines has a disability as it is not defined what Disability means, unless I’m missing something
26.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation, a claim for universal credit must be made on the first day of the period in respect of which the claim is made.
(2) Where the claim for universal credit is not made within the time specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary of State is to extend the time for claiming it, subject to a maximum extension of one month, to the date on which the claim is made, if—
(a)
any one or more of the circumstances specified in paragraph (3) applies or has applied to the claimant; and
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(b)
as a result of that circumstance or those circumstances the claimant could not reasonably have been expected to make the claim earlier.
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(3) The circumstances referred to in paragraph (2) are—
(a)
the claimant was previously in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance or an employment and support allowance and notification of expiry of entitlement to that benefit was not sent to the claimant before the date that the claimant’s entitlement expired;
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(b)
the claimant has a disability;
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My client held off claiming UC as he had appealed ESA and has been refused a backdate