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The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Change of coming into force) Regulations 2016

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Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 215

Social Security

The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Change of coming into force) Regulations 2016

Made

23rd February 2016

Laid before Parliament

1st March 2016

Coming into force

23rd March 2016

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 4(1), (3)(a) and (4) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012(1), makes the following Regulations:

In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that these Regulations need not be referred to it.

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Change of coming into force) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 23rd March 2016.

Postponement of provision for surpluses and self-employed losses

2.  In Regulation 1 (citation and commencement) of the Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015(2) for “6th April 2016” substitute “3rd April 2017”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Freud

Minister of State,

Department for Work and Pensions

23rd February 2016

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345) amended the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) by making further provision for the calculation of earned income for the purposes of calculating an award of universal credit.

These Regulations postpone the coming into force of those Regulations from 6th April 2016 until 3rd April 2017.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on business or on civil society organisations. This instrument has no impact on the public sector.

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