# The Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017, Regulation 2: Exception to the application of the benefit cap – earnings


(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 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)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/138/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-benefit-cap-earnings-exception-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-2
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