def get_usersettings_model():
    """
    Returns the ``UserSettings`` model that is active in this project.
    """
    try:
        from django.apps import apps
        get_model = apps.get_model
    except ImportError:
        from django.db.models.loading import get_model

    try:
        app_label, model_name = settings.USERSETTINGS_MODEL.split('.')
    except ValueError:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured('USERSETTINGS_MODEL must be of the '
                                   'form "app_label.model_name"')
    usersettings_model = get_model(app_label, model_name)
    if usersettings_model is None:
        raise ImproperlyConfigured('USERSETTINGS_MODEL refers to model "%s" that has '
                                   'not been installed' % settings.USERSETTINGS_MODEL)
    return usersettings_model