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The Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme and Amendment Regulations 2015

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 17 Cited in Amendments 8 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2015/89
Year2015
  • These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Work-Related Requirements) In Work Pilot Scheme and Amendment Regulations 2015, and come into force at the end of the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which they are made.
  • In these Regulations—
  • 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 ) ; or
    • 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 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) .In paragraph (6) “employed earnings” has the meaning in regulation 55.(1) The following provision is made in accordance with section 41 of the Act to test the extent to which the imposition of work-related requirements on persons already in paid work is likely to promote their remaining in work, or obtaining or being able to obtain, more work or better-paid work.(2) Regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations (which provides for the suspension of work search requirements and work availability requirements where the claimant's F10monthly earnings from employment or, if the claimant is a member of a couple their combined F10monthly earnings from employment, reach a specified amount) is to apply as if paragraph (6) were omitted.(3) The provision made by paragraph (2) is to apply only in relation to qualifying claimants who have been selected by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 5 and notified of that selection in accordance with regulation 6.that person ceases to be a qualifying claimant (but see paragraph (5) ) ; orthe person has moved to live in a different geographical area, orthe Secretary of State has determined that the testing of particular work-related requirements that have been imposed on that person has concluded.paragraph (2) has ceased to apply for another reason; orthe person has ceased to be entitled to

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