The Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme and Amendment Regulations 2015 No. 89

PART 2 U.K. AMENDMENT OF THE UNIVERSAL CREDIT REGULATIONS

New provision for suspension of mandatory work search and work availability requirements on account of earnings U.K.

3.  For regulation 99(6) of the Universal Credit Regulations substitute—

“(6) This paragraph applies where—

(a) the claimant has weekly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) that are equal to, or more than, £5 plus the applicable amount of the personal allowance in a jobseeker's allowance for a single person aged 25 or over (as set out in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Jobseeker's Allowance Regulations 1996 M1 ); or

(b) the claimant is a member of a couple whose combined weekly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) are equal to, or more than, £10 plus the applicable amount of the personal allowance in a jobseeker's allowance for a couple where both members are aged 18 or over (as set out in that Part).

(6A) In paragraph (6) “employed earnings” has the meaning in regulation 55.”.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1996/207.