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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020.
(2) These Regulations come into operation on 13thJuly 2020.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
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(1) In regulation 37 of the Universal Credit Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (meaning of “relevant childcare”)—
(a) after paragraph (2)(c) add—“
(d) by a home based childcare provider approved by a Health and Social Care Trust in Northern Ireland in line with Department of Health for Northern Ireland Approved Home Childcare guidance.”;
(b) for paragraph (3) substitute—“
(3) Care provided for a child outside Northern Ireland—
(a) by a childcare provider approved by an organisation accredited by the Secretary of State; or
(b) in any other case, by a childcare provider approved or accredited under the legislation of the relevant state, where evidence of such approval or accreditation is provided to the Department by the claimant.”.
(2) In regulation 82 (exceptions–earnings)—
(a) omit paragraph (3)(a);
(b) in paragraph (3)(b) omit the words “in any other case,”; and
(c) after paragraph (4) add—“
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs (2)(a) and (3), when calculating the amount in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) the reference to regulation 4 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations is a reference to regulation 4 as in force at the beginning of the assessment period or month for which the calculation is performed.”.
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(1) In regulation 37 of the Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payment, Jobseeker’s Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance (Claims and Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (evidence and information in connection with an award)—
(a) in paragraph (1) for “apart from paragraph (7)” substitute “apart from paragraph (7) and (9)”; and
(b) after paragraph (8) add—“
(9) A landlord, in a case where a claimant’s award of universal credit includes an amount in respect of housing costs or where the award may be revised or superseded to include such an amount, must supply such information or evidence in connection with the award, or any question arising out of it, as the Department may require, and must do so within one month of being required to do so or such longer period as the Department considers reasonable.”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Will Quince
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Work and Pensions
18th June 2020