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27.—(1) In Part 1 of Schedule 2—
(a)in paragraph 2, omit “work-related activity or”;
(b)after paragraph 2 insert—
“2A. A person who is in receipt of income-related employment and support allowance and who is a member of the work-related activity group and—
(a)has parental responsibility for a child under the age of 5 who ordinarily resides with that person; or
(b)is in receipt of a qualifying component.”;
(c)in paragraph 4—
(i)for “is not in work or self-employed” substitute “has an earned income of between £0 and £1,349 in at least one relevant assessment period”;
(ii)for sub-paragraph (a), substitute—
“(a)has limited capability for work or limited capability for work and work-related activity as determined in accordance with Part 5 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(1);”.
(2) In Part 3 of Schedule 2—
(a)after the definition of “documentary evidence” insert—
““earned income” means a person’s earned income calculated in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 6 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(2);
“member of the work-related activity group” means a person who has or is treated as having limited capability for work under Part 5 of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations 2008(3) other than by virtue of regulation 30 of those Regulations;”;
(b)after the definition of “qualifying component” insert—
““relevant assessment period” means an assessment period beginning on a date no earlier than 6 months before the date on which the scheme year starts, where “assessment period” has the meaning given in regulation 21 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013(4);”.
S.I. 2013/376. Part 5 is amended by S.I. 2014/597, S.I. 2015/1754 and S.I. 2016/678.
Chapter 2 of Part 6 is amended by S.I. 2013/1508, S.I. 2014/2888, S.I. 2014/3255, S.I. 2015/67, S.I. 2015/345, S.I. 2015/1754, S.I. 2017/348 and S.I. 2018/65.
S.I. 2008/794. Part 5 is amended by S.I. 2008/2428, S.I. 2010/840, S.I. 2010/1907, S.I. 2011/674, S.I. 2011/2425, S.I. 2012/3096, S.I. 2013/2536, S.I. 2014/884 and S.I. 2015/437.
Regulation 21 is amended by S.I. 2014/2887 and S.I. 2018/65.
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