The Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017

These Regulations amend the Universal Credit Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/376) (the “Universal Credit Regulations”) in relation to the exception to the application of the benefit cap to a universal credit award in an assessment period where the claimant’s earnings (or if the claimant is a member of a couple, the couple’s combined earnings) exceed a specified threshold (the “earnings exception threshold”).