Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

143 General financial arrangements. N.I.

(1) There shall be paid out of the National Insurance Fund—

(a) benefit under Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b) guardian’s allowance;

(c) Christmas bonus if the relevant qualifying benefit is payable out of that Fund;

[F1 (d) any sum which under. regulations relating to statutory sick pay, statutory maternity pay, statutory adoption pay or statutory paternity pay, falls to be paid by or on behalf of the Inland Revenue or to be set off against sums payable to the Inland Revenue otherwise than on account of contributions;]

F2 (e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) There shall be paid out of money appropriated by Measure—

(a) any administrative expenses of the Department or any other government department in carrying into effect the Contributions and Benefits Act or this Act;

[F3 (aa) any administrative expenses of the Department in supplying information about benefits under Part II of that Act in accordance with regulations under Article 21 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999.]

(b) benefit under Part III of that Act, other than guardian’s allowance;

(c) benefit under Part V of that Act;

F2 (d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

except in so far as they may be required by any enactment to be paid or borne in some other way.

(3) The administrative expenses referred to in subsection (2)(a) above include those in connection with any inquiry [F4 undertaken-

(a) on behalf of the Inland Revenue with a view to obtaining statistics relating to the operation of Part I of the Contributions and Benefits Act, and

(b) on behalf of the Department with a view to obtaining statistics relating to the operation of Parts II to VI and XI of that Act.]

(4) Any sums required by [F5 any person] for the purpose of paying any secondary Class 1 contributions [F6 , or any Class 1A contributions,] which are payable by him in respect of an earner in consequence of the earner’s employment in an office of which the emoluments are payable out of the Consolidated Fund shall be paid out of that Fund.

(5) Any expenditure in respect of the payment of interest or repayment supplements under or by virtue of paragraph 6 [F7 or 7B] of Schedule 1 to the Contributions and Benefits Act or paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to that Act shall be defrayed out of the National Insurance Fund in accordance with any directions given by the [F8 Treasury].

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 143(1)(d) substituted (8.12.2002) by The Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 7(1); S.R. 2002/356, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II

F2 S. 143(1)(e)(2)(d) repealed (6.10.1997) by S.I. 1997/1183 (N.I. 12), art. 31(1)(2), Sch. 3, para. 5, Sch. 4; S.R. 1997/400, art. 2(2)

F3 S. 143(2)(aa) inserted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 74, Sch. 9 para. 15 (with art. 75); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(d), Sch. Pt. IV

F4 Words in s. 143(3) substituted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 46(2) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)

F5 S. 143(4) to have effect (retrospectively) as if for "a secondary Class 1 contributor"

there were substituted "any person" by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(3), 62(1)

F6 S. 143(4) to have effect (retrospectively) as if after "any secondary Class 1 contributions" there were inserted ", or any Class 1A contributions," by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), arts. 1(3), 62(1)

F7 Words in s. 143(5) inserted (6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506, art. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 78(2); S.R. 1999/102, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. III

F8 Word in s. 143(5) substituted (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 46(3) (subject to transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6 of the said S.R.)