The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

[F1 Persons to whom paragraph 4A does not apply – periods of work N.I.

4C.— (1) Paragraph 4A does not apply to a renter in an assessment period where the renter’s earned income is equal to or exceeds the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in—

(a) unless paragraph (b) applies, regulation 4A(1)(b) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations; or

(b) where the renter was employed under a contract of apprenticeship on the last day of the assessment period, regulation 4A(1)(d) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations,

for 16 hours per week, converted to a net monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12.

(2) Paragraph 4A does not apply to a renter for a period of 6 consecutive months that begins on the most recent of the following days in respect of which the relevant condition in sub-paragraph (3) is met—

(a) the first day of the renter’s first assessment period;

(b) the first day of an assessment period (which is not the renter’s first assessment period) in which the renter’s earned income is less than the threshold.

(3) The relevant condition is—

(a) in the case of sub-paragraph (2)(a), the renter’s earned income was equal to or exceeded the threshold in each of the 6 calendar months ending before the calendar month in which the claim for universal credit was made;

(b) in the case of sub-paragraph (2)(b)—

(i) the renter’s earned income was equal to or exceeded the threshold in each of the 6 assessment periods immediately preceding the day mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b); or.

(ii) where there are fewer than 6 assessment periods immediately preceding that day, the renter’s earned income was equal to or exceeded the threshold in each of the 6 months comprised of—

(aa) the assessment periods immediately preceding the day mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b); and

(bb) the number of calendar months (ending before the calendar month in which the claim for universal credit was made) that are required to complete the 6 month period.

(4) In this paragraph—

“earned income” does not include income a person is treated as having by virtue of regulation 63 (minimum income floor);

“threshold” is the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in—

(a)

unless paragraph (b) applies, regulation 4A(1)(b) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations;

(b)

where the renter was employed under a contract of apprenticeship for the duration of the 6 month period applicable under sub-paragraph (3), regulation 4A(1)(d) of the National Minimum Wage Regulations,

for 16 hours per week, converted to a net monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 paras. 4A-4C inserted (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending Rule) by The Universal Credit (Housing Costs Element for claimants aged 18 to 21) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 (S.R. 2017/142), regs. 1, 2(3)(b) (with reg. 3)