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81.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 76 (calculation of earnings derived from employed earner’s employment and income other than earnings) the earnings of a claimant derived from employment as an employed earner to be taken into account are the claimant’s net earnings.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) net earnings are to be calculated by taking into account the gross earnings of the claimant from that employment less—
(a)any amount deducted from those earnings by way of—
(i)income tax,
(ii)primary Class 1 contributions under section 6(1)(a) of the Contributions and Benefits Act(1);
(b)one half of any sum paid by the claimant in respect of a pay period by way of a contribution towards an occupational or personal pension scheme.
(3) Where the claimant is an employed earner in the Republic of Ireland the amounts to be deducted for income tax and primary Class 1 contributions under this regulation shall be such amounts as, in the opinion of the Department, would have been deducted had the claimant been employed in Northern Ireland.
Section 6 was substituted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 10 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) and amended by section 81(3) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19)
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