Regulation 2 Exception to the application of the benefit cap – earnings

(1)

The Universal Credit Regulations 2013^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 6(1A) (rounding), before paragraph (a) insert—

“(za)
regulation 82(1)(a) (exceptions – earnings);”.

(3)

In regulation 82 (exceptions – earnings)—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(a), for “£430”, substitute—

“the amount of earnings that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations for 16 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12”;

(b)

in paragraph (2)(a), for “less than the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)”, substitute—

“less than—

(i)
where the assessment period began before 1st April 2017, £430; or

(ii)
in any other case, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)”; and

(c)

in paragraph (3), for “exceeded the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)”, substitute—

“exceeded—

(a)
in any month beginning before 1st April 2017, £430; and

(b)
in any other case, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2013/376. Regulation 6(1A) was inserted by S.I. 2015/1754.