The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2013

Conditions relating to national insurance and relevant earnings

This adran has no associated Memorandwm Esboniadol

8.—(1) A claimant’s relevant earnings for the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act (employment and support allowance: conditions relating to national insurance)(1) are the total amount of the claimant’s earnings equal to the lower earnings limit for the base tax year.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), earnings which exceed the lower earnings limit are to be disregarded.

(1)

Paragraph 1(2) was substituted by section 13 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009.