The Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2020/522

2020 No. 522

Social Security

The Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

Made 19th May 2020

Laid before Parliament 20th May 2020

Coming into force 21th May 2020

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 189(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 19921and section 42(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (6) of Schedule 1 to, the Welfare Reform Act 20122.

In accordance with section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of the urgency of this matter it is inexpedient to refer the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Coronavirus) (Self-employed Claimants and Reclaims) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 21st May 2020.

S-2 Treatment of payments to self-employed universal credit claimants

Treatment of payments to self-employed universal credit claimants

2.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 57 (self-employed earnings) of the Universal Credit Regulations 20133

(a)

(a) a payment under the Self-employment Income Support Scheme is to be treated as a receipt at step 1 of the calculation of self-employed earnings in the assessment period in which the claimant receives that payment; and

(b)

(b) no deduction may be made at step 1 of that calculation in respect of expenses comprising the salary or wages paid to an employee in so far as those expenses are covered by a payment under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.

(2) For the purposes of section 5 (financial conditions) and section 8 (calculation of awards) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012, any payment made to a claimant carrying on a trade, profession or vocation—

(a)

(a) in relation to a furloughed employee under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme; or

(b)

(b) by way of a grant or loan to meet the expenses or losses of the trade, profession or vocation in relation to the outbreak of coronavirus disease,

is to be disregarded in the calculation of the claimant’s capital for a period of 12 months from the date on which it is received.

(3) In this regulation—

“the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” means the scheme (as it has effect from time to time) that is the subject of the direction given by the Treasury on 15th April 2020 under section 76 of the Coronavirus Act 20204;

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