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2022 No. 223
The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022
Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Communities1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 29(1) and 48(1) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 20152.
The powers are exercisable by the Department for Communities by virtue of Article 2 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 20203.
Citation, commencement and extent1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 and come into operation on 26th September 2022.
2
Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.
Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland)2
For regulation 97(14) of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20164 (circumstances in which requirements must not be imposed) substitute—
14
This paragraph applies where—
a
the claimant has monthly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) that are equal to, or more than, the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations for 12 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12; or
b
the claimant is a member of a couple whose combined monthly earnings (excluding any that are not employed earnings) are equal to, or more than, the amount that a person would be paid at the hourly rate set out in regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations for 19 hours per week, converted to a monthly amount by multiplying by 52 and dividing by 12.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd September 2022
(This is not part of the Regulations)