The Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019

• Citation: S.I. 2019/1249
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019.

(2) This regulation and regulation 3 come into force on 3rd October 2019.

(3) Regulation 2 comes into force on 16th October 2019.

Section 2 Childcare Costs

In regulation 33 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 –

(a) in paragraph (1)(za) for “before the end of that assessment period” substitute “before the end of the assessment period that follows the assessment period in which they were paid”; and

(b) after paragraph (2) insert–

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), “the relevant notification period” in regulation 36 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 means a period of time ending on the last day of the assessment period that follows the assessment period in which the charges for relevant childcare were paid.

Section 3 Minimum Income Floor

In regulation 62(1)(b) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 after “apart from this regulation” insert “or regulation 90”.