Regulation 27 Amendments to Schedule 2 (broader group)

in paragraph 2, omit “work-related activity or”;

after paragraph 2 insert—

“2A.

A person who is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance and who is a member of the work-related activity group and—

(a)

has parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person; or

(b)

is in receipt of a qualifying component.”;

in paragraph 4—

after the definition of “documentary evidence” insert—

• ““earned income” means a person’s earned income calculated in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f2;

• “member of the work-related activity group” means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008^f3 other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations;”;

after the definition of “qualifying component” insert—

• ““relevant assessment period” means an assessment period beginning on a date no earlier than 6 months before the date on which the scheme year starts, where “assessment period” has the meaning given in regulation 21 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f4;”.