# The Universal Credit (Reduction of the Earnings Taper Rate) Amendment Regulations 2017, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and application


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Reduction of the Earnings Taper Rate) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 10th April 2017, except as provided by paragraph (2).
(2) Regulation 2(3) comes into force on the same day as, but immediately after the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-Employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 come into force.
(3) Where an amendment made by these Regulations applies in respect of an existing award of universal credit, that amendment has effect for the purposes of that award—
(a) on the date on which that amendment comes into force, if there is an assessment period for that award that begins on that day; or
(b) if sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, on the first day of the next assessment period for the award beginning after that day.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “existing award of universal credit” means an award of universal credit that exists on the date on which the relevant amendment comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/348/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-reduction-of-the-earnings-taper-rate-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-1
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