The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

• Citation: S.I. 2022/886
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 26th September 2022.

(2) Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.

Section 2 Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013

For paragraph (6) of regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (circumstances in which requirements must not be imposed) substitute—

(6) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the claimant has monthly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) that are equal to, or more than, the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations for 12 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12; or

(b) the claimant is a member of a couple whose combined monthly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) are equal to, or more than, the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations for 19 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12.