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4. For the purposes of regulations 2 and 3—
(a)“earned income” means income for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1);
(b)The relevant assessment period and the applicable amount are those referred to in the following sub-paragraphs as applicable—
(i)except where sub-paragraphs (ii) or (iii) apply, where the parent has earned income which did not exceed £616.67 in the universal credit assessment period(2) immediately preceding the date of the request for a free school meal (period 1)—
(aa)the relevant assessment period is period 1; and
(bb)the applicable amount is £616.67;
(ii)this sub-paragraph applies where sub-paragraph (i) does not because the applicable amount referred to in that sub-paragraph is exceeded and there is a universal credit assessment period (period 2) immediately preceding period 1 referred to in that sub-paragraph—
(aa)the relevant assessment period is the sum of period 1 and period 2 (SAP); and
(bb)the applicable amount is £1,233.34;
(iii)this sub-paragraph applies where sub-paragraph (ii) does not because the applicable amount referred to in that sub-paragraph is exceeded and there is a universal credit assessment period (period 3) immediately preceding period 2 referred to in that paragraph—
(aa)the relevant assessment period is the period made up of SAP and period 3; and
(bb)the applicable amount is £1,850;
(c)where C, or as the case may be C’s parent, is—
(i)a member of a couple who have jointly made a claim for, and are entitled to, universal credit; or
(ii)a member of a couple but has claimed, and is entitled to, universal credit as a single person,
references to applicable amounts in sub-paragraphs (i) to (iii) of paragraph (b) as applicable are to be read as references to the combined income of the couple.
S.I. 2013/376. Chapter 2 of Part 6 is concerned with earned income for the purpose of calculating an award of universal credit.
An assessment period is prescribed by regulation 2(1) of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 as a period of one month beginning with the first day of entitlement and each subsequent period of one month during which entitlement subsists.
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