This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2024/529 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2024 No. 536
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024
Made
at 11.06 a.m. on 19th April 2024
Laid before Parliament
at 1.00 p.m. on 19th April 2024
Coming into force
13th May 2024
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 18(5), 22(2)(a), 40 and 42(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012( 1 ).
In accordance with section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992( 2 ), the Secretary of State has referred the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 13th May 2024.
(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 “15 hours” substitute “18 hours” ;
(b) in sub-paragraph (b) for “24 hours” substitute “29 hours” .
Revocation
3. The Universal Credit (Administrative Earnings Threshold) (Amendment) Regulations 2024( 4 ) are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Jo Churchill
Minister of State
Department for Work and Pensions
at 11.06 a.m. on 19th April 2024
2012 c. 5 . Section 40 is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribed”.
S.I. 2013/376 amended by S.I. 2015/89 and 1754 , S.I. 2022/886 and S.I. 2023/7 .