2. In this Part—
“the Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992; and
“the Northern Ireland Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992.
3. In section 11 of the Act(1) and the Northern Ireland Act(2) (Class 2 contributions)—
(a)in subsections (2) and (6) for “£3.15” substitute “£3.45”; and
(b)in subsection (4)(a) (lower profits threshold) for “£11,908” substitute “£12,570”.
4. In section 13(1) of the Act(3) and the Northern Ireland Act(4) (Class 3 contributions) for “£15.85” substitute “£17.45”.
5. In regulation 10 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(5) (earnings limits and thresholds) in the introductory words for “2022” substitute “2023”.
6. In section 8 of the National Insurance Contributions Act 2022 (upper secondary threshold for earnings: freeport tax site employees and armed forces veterans)—
(a)in subsection (1) for “year beginning with 6 April 2022” substitute “years beginning with 6 April 2022 and 6 April 2023”; and
(b)in subsection (2) for “and 6 April 2022” substitute “, 6 April 2022 and 6 April 2023”.
Section 11 was substituted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the NICA 2015. The figure in subsections (2) and (6) was last substituted by S.I. 2022/232. Section 11(4) was substituted by regulation 2(3) of S.I. 2022/1329.
Section 11 was substituted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 1 to the NICA 2015. The figure in subsections (2) and (6) was last substituted by S.I. 2022/232. Section 11(4) was substituted by regulation 3(3) of S.I. 2022/1329.
Section 13(1) was amended by paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Act. The figure in subsection (1) was last substituted by S.I. 2022/232.
Section 13(1) was amended by paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 3 to the Transfer Order. The figure in subsection (1) was last substituted by S.I. 2022/232.
S.I. 2001/1004 was amended by section 1(2) of the National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Act 2022 (c. 16) and relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2009/111, 2011/940, 2015/577, 2016/343, 2021/157 and 2022/232.