SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Universal credit and other working age benefits

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In Article 6 of the Jobseekers Order (amount payable by way of a jobseeker's allowance), in paragraph (1)(b)—

a

after “making” insert—

i

deductions in respect of earnings calculated in the prescribed manner (which may include multiplying some or all earnings by a prescribed percentage), and

ii

b

“earnings,” (before “pension payments”) is repealed.