13Qualifying earningsE+W+S
(1)A person's qualifying earnings in a pay reference period of 12 months are the part (if any) of the gross earnings payable to that person in that period that is—
(a)more than [F1£5,668] , and
(b)not more than [F2£41,450] .
(2)In the case of a pay reference period of less or more than 12 months, subsection (1) applies as if the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) were proportionately less or more.
(3)In this section, “earnings”, in relation to a person, means sums of any of the following descriptions that are payable to the person in connection with the person's employment—
(a)salary, wages, commission, bonuses and overtime;
(b)statutory sick pay under Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4);
(c)statutory maternity pay under Part 12 of that Act;
(d)ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of that Act;
(e)statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act;
(f)sums prescribed for the purposes of this section.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 13(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F2Word in s. 13(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 13(2) modifed (15.6.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1506), art. 3
C2S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 3
Commencement Information
I1S. 13 wholly in force at 30.6.2012; s. 13 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(2)(k); s. 13 in force so far as not already in force at 30.6.2012 by S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2(1)(2)(a), Sch. 1