Exception to the application of the benefit cap – earnings2
1
The Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
Before regulation 7(2)(a) (rounding) insert—
za
regulation 82(1)(a) (exceptions – earnings);
3
In regulation 82 (exceptions – earnings)—
a
in paragraph (1)(a) for “£430” substitute “the amount of earnings that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 20153 for 16 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12”;
b
in paragraph (3) for “exceeded the amount mentioned in paragraph (1)(a)”, substitute—
exceeded—
a
in any month beginning before 1st April 2017, £430; and
b
in any other case, the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph (1)(a).