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Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 6 Ch. 2 excluded in part (27.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/1508, regs. 1(2), 7(3)(b)
C2Pt. 6 Ch. 2 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2013/383, reg. 13(7) as substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 7
51. This Chapter provides for the calculation or estimation of a person's earned income for the purposes of section 8 of the Act (calculation of awards).
52. “Earned income” means—
(a)the remuneration or profits derived from—
(i)employment under a contract of service or in an office, including elective office,
(ii)a trade, profession or vocation, or
(iii)any other paid work; or
(b)any income treated as earned income in accordance with this Chapter.
53.—(1) In this Chapter—
“car” has the meaning in section 268A of the Capital Allowances Act 2001 M1;
“employed earnings” has the meaning in regulation 55;
“gainful self-employment” has the meaning in regulation 64;
“HMRC” means Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;
“motor cycle” has the meaning in section 268A of the Capital Allowances Act 2001;
“ PAYE Regulations” means the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 M2;
“relievable pension contributions” has the meaning in section 188 of the Finance Act 2004 M3;
“self-employed earnings” has the meaning in regulation 57; and
“start-up period” has the meaning in regulation 63.
(2) References in this Chapter to a person participating as a service user are to—
(a)a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)a body which has a statutory duty to provide services in the field of health, social care or social housing; or
(ii)a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such services,
in their capacity as a user, potential user, carer of a user or person otherwise affected by the provision of those services; or
[F1(ab)a person who is being consulted by or on behalf of—
(i)the Secretary of State in relation to any of the Secretary of State’s functions in the field of social security or child support or under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973; or
(ii)a body which conducts research or undertakes monitoring for the purpose of planning or improving such functions,
in their capacity as a person affected or potentially affected by the exercise of those functions or the carer of such a person;]
(b)the carer of a person consulted under [F2sub-paragraphs (a) or (ab)].
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 53(2)(ab) inserted (23.2.2015) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/67), regs. 1, 2(1)(2)(a)
F2Words in reg. 53(2)(b) substituted (23.2.2015) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/67), regs. 1, 2(1)(2)(b)
Marginal Citations
M12001 c.2. Section 268A was inserted by section 30 of the Finance Act 2009 (c.10).
54.—(1) The calculation of a person's earned income in respect of an assessment period is, unless otherwise provided in this Chapter, to be based on the actual amounts received in that period.
(2) Where the Secretary of State—
(a)makes a determination as to whether the financial conditions in section 5 of the Act are met before the expiry of the first assessment period in relation to a claim for universal credit; or
(b)makes a determination as to the amount of a person's earned income in relation to an assessment period where a person has failed to report information in relation to that earned income,
that determination may be based on an estimate of the amounts received or expected to be received in that assessment period.
54A.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a claim for universal credit where—
(a)the claimant, or either of joint claimants, had an award of universal credit (the “old award”) that terminated within the 6 months ending on the first day in respect of which the claim is made;
(b)the claimant has not, or neither of joint claimants has, been entitled to universal credit since the old award terminated; and
(c)the total earned income in the month that would have been the final assessment period for the old award, had it not terminated, exceeded the relevant threshold.
(2) Where this regulation applies in relation to a claim, any surplus earnings determined in accordance with paragraph (3) are to be treated as earned income for the purposes of determining whether there is entitlement to a new award and, if there is entitlement, calculating the amount of the award.
(3) Surplus earnings are—
(a)if the claim in question is the first since the termination of the old award, the amount of the excess referred to in paragraph (1)(c) (“the original surplus”);
(b)if the claim in question is the second since the termination of the old award, the amount, if any, by which—
(i)the original surplus, plus
(ii)the total earned income in the month that would have been the first assessment period in relation to the first claim,
exceeded the relevant threshold (“the adjusted surplus”);
(c)if the claim in question is the third since the termination of the old award, the amount, if any, by which—
(i)the adjusted surplus from the second claim, plus
(ii)the total earned income in the month that would have been the first assessment period in relation to the second claim,
exceeded the relevant threshold;
(d)if the claim in question is the fourth or fifth since the termination of the old award, an amount calculated in the same manner as for the third claim (that is by taking the adjusted surplus from the previous claim).
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)—
(a)if the claim in question is the first joint claim by members of a couple, each of whom had an old award (because each was previously entitled to universal credit as a single person or as a member of a different couple), the amounts of any surplus earnings from the old award or from a previous claim that would have been treated as earned income if they had each claimed as a single person are to be aggregated; and
(b)if the claim in question is—
(i)a single claim where the claimant had an old award, or made a subsequent claim, as a joint claimant, or
(ii)a joint claim where either claimant had an old award, or made a subsequent claim, as a member of a different couple,
the original surplus, or any adjusted surplus, in relation to the old award is to be apportioned in the manner determined by the Secretary of State.
(5) No amount of surplus earnings is to be taken into account in respect of a claimant who has, or had at the time the old award terminated, recently been a victim of domestic violence (within the meaning given by regulation 98).
(6) In this regulation—
“total earned income” is the earned income of the claimant or, if the claimant is a member of a couple, the couple’s combined earned income, but does not include any amount a claimant would be treated as having by virtue of regulation 62 (the minimum income floor);
“the nil UC threshold” is the amount of total earned income above which there would be no entitlement to universal credit, expressed by the following formula—
where—
M is the maximum amount of an award of universal credit;
U is unearned income;
WA is the work allowance; and
“the relevant threshold” is the nil UC threshold plus £300.]
Textual Amendments
F3Reg. 54A inserted (11.4.2018) by The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 2(2) (with regs. 4, 5) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg. 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
55.—(1) This regulation applies for the purposes of calculating earned income from employment under a contract of service or in an office, including elective office (“employed earnings”).
(2) Employed earnings comprise any amounts that are general earnings, as defined in section 7(3) of ITEPA, but excluding—
(a)amounts that are treated as earnings under Chapters 2 to 11 of Part 3 of ITEPA (the benefits code); and
(b)amounts that are exempt from income tax under Part 4 of ITEPA.
(3) In the calculation of employed earnings the following are to be disregarded—
(a)expenses that are allowed to be deducted under Chapter 2 of Part 5 of ITEPA; and
(b)expenses arising from participation as a service user (see regulation 53(2)).
(4) The following benefits are to be treated as employed earnings—
(a)statutory sick pay;
(b)statutory maternity pay;
(c)F4... statutory paternity pay;
F5(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)statutory adoption pay; F6...
[F7(f)statutory shared parental pay;] [F8and
(g)statutory parental bereavement pay.]
[F9(4A) A repayment of income tax or national insurance contributions received by a person from HMRC in respect of a tax year in which the person was in paid work is to be treated as employed earnings unless it is taken into account as self-employed earnings under regulation 57(4).]
(5) In calculating the amount of a person's employed earnings in respect of an assessment period, there are to be deducted from the amount of general earnings or benefits specified in paragraphs (2) to (4)—
(a)any relievable pension contributions made by the person in that period;
(b)any amounts paid by the person in that period in respect of the employment by way of income tax or primary Class 1 contributions under section 6(1) of the Contributions and Benefits Act; and
(c)any sums withheld as donations to an approved scheme under Part 12 of ITEPA (payroll giving) by a person required to make deductions or repayments of income tax under the PAYE Regulations.
Textual Amendments
F4Word in reg. 55(4)(c) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(3), 28(4)(a) (with art. 35(1))
F5Reg. 55(4)(d) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(3), 28(4)(b) (with art. 35(1))
F6Word in reg. 55(4)(e) omitted (6.4.2020) by virtue of The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 28(4)
F7Reg. 55(4)(f) inserted (31.12.2014) by The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3255), arts. 1(2), 28(4)(d)
F8Reg. 55(4)(g) and word inserted (6.4.2020) by The Parental Bereavement Leave and Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/354), regs. 1, 28(4)
F9Reg. 55(4A) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 4(2)
56. A person who has had employed earnings and has withdrawn their labour in furtherance of a trade dispute is, unless their contract of service has been terminated, to be assumed to have employed earnings at the same level as they would have had were it not for the trade dispute.
57.—(1) This regulation applies for the purpose of calculating earned income that is not employed earnings and is derived from carrying on a trade, profession or vocation (“self-employed earnings”).
[F10(2) A person’s self-employed earnings in respect of an assessment period are to be calculated as follows.
Calculate the amount of the person’s profit or loss in respect of each trade, profession or vocation carried on by the person by—
(a)taking the actual receipts in that assessment period; and
(b)deducting any amounts allowed as expenses under regulation 58 or 59.
Where a trade, profession or vocation is carried on in a partnership, take the amount of the profit or loss attributable to the person’s share in the partnership.
If the person has carried on more than one trade, profession or vocation in the assessment period, add together the amounts resulting from step 1 in respect of each trade, profession or vocation.
Deduct from the amount resulting from step 1 or (if applicable) step 2 any payment made by the person to HMRC in the assessment period by way of national insurance contributions or income tax in respect of any trade, profession or vocation carried on by the person.
If the amount resulting from steps 1 to 3 is nil or a negative amount, the amount of the person’s self-employed earnings in respect of the assessment period is nil (and ignore the following steps).
If the amount resulting from step 3 is greater than nil, deduct from that amount any relievable pension contributions made by the person in the assessment period (unless a deduction has been made in respect of those contributions in calculating the person’s employed earnings).
If the amount resulting from this step is nil or a negative amount, the person’s self-employed earnings in respect of the assessment period are nil (and ignore the following step).
If the amount resulting from step 4 is greater than nil, deduct from that amount any unused losses (see regulation 57A), taking the oldest first.
If the amount resulting from this step is greater than nil, that is the amount of the person’s self-employed earnings for the assessment period.
If the amount resulting from this step is nil or a negative amount, the amount of the person’s self-employed earnings in respect of the assessment period is nil.]
(4) The receipts referred to in [F11paragraph (2)] include receipts in kind and any refund or repayment of income tax, value added tax or national insurance contributions relating to the trade, profession or vocation.
[F12(5) Where the purchase of an asset has been deducted as an expense in any assessment period and, in a subsequent assessment period, the asset is sold or ceases to be used for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation carried on by the person, the proceeds of sale (or, as the case may be, the amount that would be received for the asset if it were sold at its current market value) are to be treated as a receipt in that subsequent assessment period.]
Textual Amendments
F10Reg. 57(2) substituted for reg. 57(2)(3) (11.4.2018) by The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 3(2) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg. 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
F11Words in reg. 57(4) substituted (11.4.2018) by The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 3(3) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg. 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
F12Reg. 57(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 4(3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
57A.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 57(2), a person has an unused loss if—
(a)in calculating the person’s self-employed earnings for any of the previous assessment periods, the amount resulting from steps 1 to 3 in regulation 57(2) was a negative amount (a “loss”); and
(b)the loss has not been extinguished in a subsequent assessment period.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) a loss is extinguished if no amount of that loss remains after it has been deducted at step 5 in regulation 57(2).
(3) Where a person was entitled to a previous award of universal credit and the last day of entitlement in respect of that award fell within the 6 months preceding the first day of entitlement in respect of the new award, the Secretary of State may, for the purposes of this regulation (provided the person provides such information as the Secretary of State requires), treat—
(a)the assessment periods under the previous award; and
(b)any months between that award and the current award in respect of which a claim has been made,
as assessment periods under the current award.]
Textual Amendments
F13Reg. 57A inserted (11.4.2018) by The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 3(4) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
58.—(1) The deductions allowed in the calculation of self-employed earnings are amounts paid in the assessment period in respect of—
(a)expenses that have been wholly and exclusively incurred for purposes of the trade, profession or vocation; or
(b)in the case of expenses that have been incurred for more than one purpose, an identifiable part or proportion that has been wholly and exclusively incurred for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation,
excluding any expenses that were incurred unreasonably.
(2) Payments deducted under paragraph (1) may include value added tax.
(3) No deduction may be made for payments in respect of—
(a)expenditure on non-depreciating assets (including property, shares or other assets held for investment purposes);
F14(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)repayment of capital F15. . . in relation to a loan taken out for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation;
(d)expenses for business entertainment.
[F16(3A) A deduction for a payment of interest in relation to a loan taken out for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation may not exceed £41.]
(4) This regulation is subject to regulation 59.
Textual Amendments
F14Reg. 58(3)(b) omitted (11.4.2018) by virtue of The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 2(3) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg. 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
F15Words in reg. 58(3)(c) omitted (29.7.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(7)(a)
F16Reg. 58(3A) inserted (29.7.2013) by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(7)(b)
59.—(1) This regulation provides for alternatives to the deductions that would otherwise be allowed under regulation 58.
(2) Instead of a deduction in respect of the actual expenses incurred in relation to the acquisition or use of a motor vehicle, the following deductions are allowed according to the mileage covered on journeys undertaken in the assessment period for the purposes of the trade, profession or vocation—
(a)in a car, van or other motor vehicle (apart from a motorcycle), 45 pence per mile for the first 833 miles and 25 pence per mile thereafter; and
(b)on a motorcycle, 24 pence per mile,
and, if the motor vehicle is a car F17. . . , the only deduction allowed for the acquisition or use of that vehicle is a deduction under this paragraph.
(3) Where a person carrying on a trade, profession or vocation incurs expenses in relation to the use of accommodation occupied as their home, instead of a deduction in respect of the actual expenses, a deduction is allowed according to the number of hours spent in the assessment period on income generating activities related to the trade, profession or vocation as follows—
(a)at least 25 hours but no more than 50 hours, £10;
(b)more than 50 hours but no more than 100 hours, £18;
(c)more than 100 hours, £26.
(4) Where premises which are used by a person mainly for the purposes of a trade, profession or vocation are also occupied by that person for their personal use, whether alone or with other persons, the deduction allowed for expenses in relation to those premises is the amount that would be allowed under regulation 58(1) if the premises were used wholly and exclusively for purposes of the trade, profession or vocation, but reduced by the following amount according to the number of persons occupying the premises for their personal use—
(a)£350 for one person;
(b)£500 for two persons;
(c)£650 for three or more persons.
Textual Amendments
F17Words in reg. 59(2) omitted (29.7.2013) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(a), 3(8)
60.—(1) A person who has deprived themselves of earned income, or whose employer has arranged for them to be so deprived, for the purpose of securing entitlement to universal credit or to an increased amount of universal credit is to be treated as possessing that earned income.
(2) Such a purpose is to be treated as existing if, in fact, entitlement or higher entitlement to universal credit did result and, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, this was a foreseeable and intended consequence of the deprivation.
(3) If a person provides services for another person and—
(a)the other person makes no payment for those services or pays less than would be paid for comparable services in the same location; and
(b)the means of the other person were sufficient to pay for, or pay more for, those services,
the person who provides the services is to be treated as having received the remuneration that would be reasonable for the provision of those services.
(4) Paragraph (3) does not apply where—
(a)the person is engaged to provide the services by a charitable or voluntary organisation and the Secretary of State is satisfied that it is reasonable to provide the services free of charge or at less than the rate that would be paid for comparable services in the same location;
(b)the services are provided by a person who is participating as a service user (see regulation 53(2)); or
(c)the services are provided under or in connection with a person's participation in an employment or training programme approved by the Secretary of State.
61.—(1) Unless paragraph (2) applies, a person must provide such information for the purposes of calculating their earned income at such times as the Secretary of State may require.
(2) Where a person is, or has been, engaged in an employment in respect of which their employer is a Real Time Information employer—
(a)the amount of the person’s employed earnings from that employment for each assessment period is to be based on the information which is reported to HMRC under the PAYE Regulations and is received by the Secretary of State from HMRC in that assessment period; and
(b)for an assessment period in which no information is received from HMRC, the amount of employed earnings in relation to that employment is to be taken to be nil.
(3) The Secretary of State may determine that paragraph (2) does not apply—
(a)in respect of a particular employment, where the Secretary of State considers that the information from the employer is unlikely to be sufficiently accurate or timely; or
(b)in respect of a particular assessment period where—
(i)no information is received from HMRC and the Secretary of State considers that this is likely to be because of a failure to report information (which includes the failure of a computer system operated by HMRC, the employer or any other person); or
(ii)the Secretary of State considers that the information received from HMRC is incorrect, or fails to reflect the definition of employed earnings in regulation 55, in some material respect.
(4) Where the Secretary of State determines that paragraph (2) does not apply, the Secretary of State must make a decision as to the amount of the person’s employed earnings for the assessment period in accordance with regulation 55 (employed earnings) using such information or evidence as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(5) When the Secretary of State makes a decision in accordance with paragraph (4) the Secretary of State may—
(a)treat a payment of employed earnings received by the person in one assessment period as received in a later assessment period (for example where the Secretary of State has received the information in that later period or would, if paragraph (2) applied, have expected to receive information about that payment from HMRC in that later period); or
(b)where a payment of employed earnings has been taken into account in that decision, disregard information about the same payment which is received from HMRC.
(6) Paragraph (5) also applies where the Secretary of State makes a decision under regulation 41(3) of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 2013 in a case where the person disputes the information provided by HMRC.
(7) In this regulation “Real Time Information Employer” has the meaning in regulation 2A(1) of the PAYE Regulations.]
Textual Amendments
F18Reg. 61 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 4(4)
62.—(1) This regulation applies to a claimant who—
(a)is in gainful self-employment (see regulation 64); and
(b)would, apart from this regulation [F20or regulation 90], fall within section 22 of the Act (claimants subject to all work-related requirements).
(2) Where this regulation applies to a single claimant, for any assessment period in respect of which the claimant’s earned income is less than their individual threshold, the claimant is to be treated as having earned income equal to that threshold.
(3) Where this regulation applies to a claimant who is a member of a couple, for any assessment period in respect of which—
(a)the claimant’s earned income is less than their individual threshold; and
(b)the couple’s combined earned income is less than the couple threshold,
the claimant is to be treated as having earned income equal to their individual threshold minus any amount by which that amount of earned income combined with their partner’s earned income would exceed the couple threshold.
(4) In this regulation, references to the claimant’s individual threshold and to the couple threshold are to the amounts set out in regulation 90(2) and 90(3) respectively, converted to net F21... amounts by—
F22(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)deducting such amount for income tax and national insurance contributions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
(4A) [F23Where this regulation applies in respect of an assessment period in which surplus earnings are treated as an amount of earned income under regulation 54A (surplus earnings), that amount is to be added to the claimant’s earned income before this regulation is applied and, in the case of joint claimants, it is to be added to the earned income of either member of the couple so as to produce the lowest possible amount of combined earned income after this regulation is applied.]
(5) An assessment period referred to in this regulation does not include an assessment period which falls wholly within a start-up period or begins or ends in a start-up period.]
Textual Amendments
F19Reg. 62 substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments (No.2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2888), regs. 1(1), 4(5)
F20Words in reg. 62(1)(b) inserted (3.10.2019) by The Universal Credit (Childcare Costs and Minimum Income Floor) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1249), regs. 1(2), 3
F21Word in reg. 62(4) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(a)
F22Reg. 62(4)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Universal Credit and Miscellaneous Amendments Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1754), regs. 1(1), 2(5)(b)
F23Reg. 62(4A) inserted (11.4.2018) by The Universal Credit (Surpluses and Self-employed Losses) (Digital Service) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/345), regs. 1, 2(3) (with reg. 4) (as amended by S.I. 2017/197, reg. 2 and S.I. 2018/65, reg. 7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4Reg. 62 excluded (29.7.2013) by S.I. 2013/383, reg. 13(3) (as substituted by The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1508), regs. 1(2)(a), 7(3)(b))
C5Reg. 62 restricted (temp.) (13.3.2020) by The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/289), regs. 1(1), 4 (with reg. 5) (as amended (30.3.2020) by The Social Security (Coronavirus) (Further Measures) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/371), regs. 1(1), 10(3))
63.—(1) A “start-up period” is a period of 12 months and applies from the beginning of the assessment period in which the Secretary of State determines that a claimant is in gainful self-employment where—
(a)the claimant has begun to carry on the trade, profession or vocation which is their main employment in the 12 months preceding the beginning of that assessment period; and
(b)the claimant is taking active steps to increase their earnings from that employment to the level of the claimant's individual threshold (see regulation 90).
(2) But no start-up period may apply in relation to a claimant where a start-up period has previously applied in relation to that claimant, whether in relation to the current award or any previous award of universal credit, unless that previous start-up period—
(a)began more than 5 years before the beginning of assessment period referred to in paragraph (1); and
(b)applied in relation to a different trade, profession or vocation which the claimant has ceased to carry on.
(3) The Secretary of State may terminate a start-up period at any time if the person is no longer in gainful self-employment or is no longer taking the steps referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6Reg. 63 applied (with modifications) by S.I 2014/1230, reg. 59 (as inserted (24.7.2019) by The Universal Credit (Managed Migration Pilot and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1152), regs. 1(2), 3(7))
64. A claimant is in gainful self-employment for the purposes of regulations 62 and 63 where the Secretary of State has determined that—
(a)the claimant is carrying on a trade, profession or vocation as their main employment;
(b)their earnings from that trade, profession or vocation are self-employed earnings; and
(c)the trade, profession or vocation is organised, developed, regular and carried on in expectation of profit.
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