# The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012, Paragraph 3


(1) Where the award of universal credit is—
(a) to a single claimant, the condition as to earned income is that, in any of the twelve preceding assessment periods, the claimant has received earned income which does not exceed £1,167; or
(b) to joint claimants, the condition as to earned income is that, in any of the twelve preceding assessment periods, the combined earned income received by the claimants does not exceed £1,167.
(2) In this paragraph—
(a) “assessment period”;
(b) “earned income”;
(c) “joint claimants”; and
(d) “single claimant”,
are to be interpreted in accordance with the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and any subordinate legislation made under that Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/3018/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-and-gas-energy-companies-obligation-order-2012/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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