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(1)Entitlement to any benefit specified in section 20(1) above, [F1other than [F2short-term incapacity benefit under subsection (1)(b) of section 30A below,] long-term incapacity benefit under section [F3subsection (5) of that section][F4, maternity allowance under section 35 below] or short-term or long-term incapacity benefit under section 40 or 41 below][F5or a shared additional pension under section 55A below], depends on contribution conditions being satisfied (either by the claimant or by some other person, according to the particular benefit).
(2)The class or classes of contribution which, for the purposes of subsection (1) above, are relevant in relation to each of those benefits are as follows—
Short-term benefit | |
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F6. . . | F6. . . |
[F7Short-term incapacity benefit under section [F830A(1)(a)] below] | Class 1 or 2 |
[F9Maternity allowance] | [F9Class 1 or 2] |
Other benefits | |
[F10Bereavement payment] | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
Widowed mother’s allowance | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
[F11Widowed parent’s allowance | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
Bereavement allowance | Class 1, 2 or 3] |
Widow’s pension | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
Category A retirement pension | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
Category B retirement pension | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
Child’s special allowance | Class 1, 2 or 3 |
(3)The relevant contribution conditions in relation to the benefits specified in subsection (2) above are those specified in Part I of Schedule 3 to this Act.
(4)Part II of Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect as to the satisfaction of contribution conditions for benefit [F12, other than maternity allowance,] in certain cases where a claim for short-term benefit or a [F13bereavement payment] is, or has on a previous occasion been, made in the first or second year after that in which the contributor concerned first became liable for primary Class 1 or Class 2 contributions.
(5)In subsection (4) above and Schedule 3 to this Act—
(a)“the contributor concerned”, for the purposes of any contribution condition, means the person by whom the condition is to be satisfied;
(b)“a relevant class”, in relation to any benefit, means a class of contributions specified in relation to that benefit in subsection (2) above;
(c)“the earnings factor”—
(i)where the year in question is 1987-88 or any subsequent tax year, means, in relation to a person, the aggregate of his earnings factors derived from [F14so much of his earnings as did not exceed the upper earnings limit and] upon which primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid and from his Class 2 and Class 3 contributions; and
(ii)where the year in question is any earlier tax year, means, in relation to a person’s contributions of any class or classes, the aggregate of his earnings factors derived from all those contributions;
(d)except in the expression “benefit year”, “year” means a tax year.
[F15(5A)Where primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid on any part of a person’s earnings, the following provisions, namely—
(a)subsection (5)(c) above;
(b)sections 22(1)(a) [F16, (2A)] and (3)(a), 23(3)(a), 24(2)(a), [F1744(6)(za) and (a)] F18... below; and
(c)paragraphs 2(4)(a) and (5)(a), 4(2)(a), 5(2)(b) and (4)(a) and 7(4)(a) of Schedule 3 to this Act,
shall have effect as if such contributions had been paid or treated as paid on so much of the earnings as did not exceed the upper earnings limit.]
(6)In this Part of this Act “benefit year” means a period—
(a)beginning with the first Sunday in January in any calendar year, and
(b)ending with the Saturday immediately preceding the first Sunday in January in the following calendar year;
but for any prescribed purposes of this Part of this Act “benefit year” may by regulations be made to mean such other period (whether or not a period of 12 months) as may be specified in the regulations.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 21(1) substituted (13.4.1995) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 13(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 3(2); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. IV
F2Words in s. 21(1) inserted (3.11.2000 for specified purposes and 6.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 20(a); S.R. 2000/332, art. 2(3)(e)(4)(5)
F3S. 21(1): By S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 20(a); S.R. 2000/332, art. 2(3)(e)(4)(5) it is provided that, for the words "30A below", there are substituted (3.11.2000 for specified purposes and 6.4.2001 otherwise) the words "subsection (5) of that section"
F4Words in s. 21(1) inserted (12.1.2000 and 2.4.2000 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 Pt. VI para. 29(2); S.R. 1999/494, art. 2(1)(b)
F5Words in s. 21(1) inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 74, Sch. 9 para. 6; S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(d), Sch. Pt. IV
F6Entry in s. 21(2) repealed (7.10.1996) by S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15), art. 40(2), Sch. 3; S.R. 1996/401, art. 2
F7Words in s. 21(2) substituted (13.4.1995) by S.I. 1994/1898 (N.I. 12), art. 13(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I para. 3(3); S.R. 1994/450, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. IV
F8Words in s. 21(2) substituted (3.11.2000 for specified purposes and 6.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 20(b); S.R. 2000/332, art. 2(3)(e)(4)(5)
F9Entry in s. 21(2) repealed (12.1.2000 and 2.4.2000 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 67, 76, Sch. 8 Pt. VI para. 29(3), Sch. 10 Pt. V; S.R. 1999/494, art. 2(1)(b)(c)(i)
F10Words in s. 21(2) substituted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 3(2)(a); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F11Entries in s. 21(2) inserted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 3(2)(b); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F12Words in s. 21(4) repealed (12.1.2000 and 2.4.2000 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 67, 76, Sch. 8 Pt. VI para. 29(4), Sch. 10 Pt. V; S.R. 1999/494, art. 2(1)(b)(c)(i)
F13Words in s. 21(4) substituted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 3(3); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F14Words in s. 21(5)(c)(i) substituted (with effect for 2003-04 and subsequent tax years) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c. 19), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 25
F15S. 21(5A) inserted (6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 42; S.R. 1999/72, art. 2(b), Sch.
F16Words in s. 21(5A)(b) inserted (8.1.2001, 1.2.2001 for specified purposes and 6.4.2002 otherwise) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 33(2)(a); S.R. 2000/358, art. 2(e), Sch. Pt. IV (as amended by S.R. 2000/374, art. 3); S.R. 2001/34, art. 2(a)
F17Words in s. 21(5A)(b) substituted (8.1.2001, 1.2.2001 for specified purposes and 6.4.2002 otherwise) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 33(2)(b); S.R. 2000/358, art. 2(e), Sch. Pt. IV (as amended by S.R. 2000/374, art. 3); S.R. 2001/34, art. 2(a)
F18Words in s. 21(5A)(b) repealed (6.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(e), Sch. 1 (with savings in S.R. 2003/212, art. 2)
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