{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-107",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016/regulation-107.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-regulations-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "regulation/107",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "107",
  "heading": "Amount of reduction for each assessment period",
  "text": "(1) Where it has been determined that an award of universal credit is to be reduced under Article 31 or 32 of the Order (higher-level or other sanctions), the amount of the reduction for each assessment period in respect of which a reduction has effect is to be calculated as follows.\nStep 1\nTake the number of days—\n(a) in the assessment period; or\n(b) if lower, in the total outstanding reduction period,\nand deduct any days in that assessment period for which the reduction is suspended in accordance with regulation 105 (suspension of a reduction where fraud penalty applies).\nStep 2\nMultiply the number of days produced by step 1 by the daily reduction rate (see regulation 108).\nStep 3\nIf necessary, adjust the amount produced by step 2 so that it does not exceed—\n(c) the amount of the standard allowance applicable to the award; or\n(d) in the case of a joint claim where a determination under Article 31 or 32 of the Order (higher-level or other sanctions) applies only in relation to one claimant, half the amount of that standard allowance.\nStep 4\nDeduct the amount produced by steps 2 and 3 from the amount of the award for the assessment period after any deduction has been made in accordance with Part 7 (the benefit cap).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/216/regulation/107",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-12T03:38:18.733448+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}