1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
(2) 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 1st April 2017, if there is an assessment period for the 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.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, “existing award of universal credit” means an award of universal credit that exists on 1st April 2017.