Statutory Instruments
2023 No. 7
Social Security
The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2023
Made
6th January 2023
Laid before Parliament
9th January 2023
Coming into force
30th January 2023
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 24(1)(a) and 42(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 1(1) and 4(1)(b), (2)(d) and (3)(a) of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012( 1 ).
In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 2 ), the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 30th January 2023.
(2) Any amendment made by these Regulations has the same extent as the provision amended.
Amendment of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013
2. In paragraph (6) of regulation 99 of the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (circumstances in which requirements must not be imposed)( 3 )—
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “12 hours” substitute “15 hours” ;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “19 hours” substitute “24 hours” .
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)( 4 ) 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). ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Mims Davies
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
6th January 2023
S.I. 2013/376 , amended by S.I. 2015/89 and 1754 and 2022/886 .
S.I. 2014/1230 . Regulation 56 was inserted by S.I. 2019/1152 .