Consequential amendments to the Contributions Regulations10.

(1)

The Contributions Regulations shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), in the definition of “week”20, “for the purposes of regulation 38(7) it has the meaning assigned to it in regulation 38(8) and” shall be omitted.

(3)

In regulation 3921 (treatment for the purpose of any contributory benefit of late paid or unpaid primary Class 1 contributions where there was no consent, connivance or negligence by the primary contributor)—

(a)

in the shoulder note “late paid or” shall be omitted;

(b)

in paragraph (1) “is paid after the due date or” and “delay or” shall be omitted.