Consequential amendment – transitional protection
3. For paragraph (3) of regulation 56 of the Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2014 (circumstances in which transitional protection ceases)(1) substitute—
“(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—
(a)references to the amount specified in regulation 99(6)(a) and 99(6)(b) respectively of the Universal Credit Regulations are to the amount that was applicable on the first day of the award; and
(b)a claimant is to be treated as having earned income that is equal to or more than the single administrative threshold and the couple administrative threshold respectively in any assessment period in respect of which regulation 62 (minimum income floor) of the Universal Credit Regulations applies to that claimant or would apply but for regulation 62(5) of those Regulations (minimum income floor not to apply in a start-up period).”.
S.I. 2014/1230. Regulation 56 was inserted by S.I. 2019/1152.