Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

[F1 Collection of contributions [F2 otherwise than through PAYE system] E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 para. 7B and cross-heading inserted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 6.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), ss. 57, 87(2); S.I. 1999/526, art. 2(1)(2)(c)

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B cross-heading substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 for remaining purposes) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(2); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

7B (1) [F3 The Treasury may by regulations] provide that, in such cases or circumstances as may be [F4 prescribed, Class 1, Class 1A, Class 1B or Class 2 contributions shall be paid to the Inland Revenue in a manner different from that in which income tax in relation to which [F5 PAYE regulations] apply is payable.] E+W+S

(2) Regulations under this paragraph may, in particular—

(a) provide for returns to be made to the [F6 Inland Revenue] by such date as may be prescribed;

(b) prescribe the form in which returns are to be made, or provide for returns to be made in such form as the [F6 Inland Revenue] may approve;

(c) prescribe the manner in which contributions are to be paid, or provide for contributions to be paid in such manner as the [F6 Inland Revenue] may approve;

(d) prescribe the due date for the payment of contributions;

[F7 (e) require interest to be paid on contributions that are not paid by the due date, and provide for determining the date from which such interest is to be calculated;]

(f) provide for interest to be paid on contributions that fall to be repaid;

(g) provide for determining the date from which interest to be charged or paid pursuant to regulations under paragraph (e) or (f) above is to be calculated;

(h) provide for penalties to be imposed in respect of a person who—

(i) fails to submit, within the time allowed, a return required to be made in accordance with regulations under paragraph (a) above;

(ii) in making such a return, fraudulently or negligently fails to provide any information or computation that he is required to provide;

(iii) in making such a return, fraudulently or negligently provides any incorrect information or computation; or

(iv) fails to pay Class 2 contributions by the due date;

(i) provide for a penalty imposed pursuant to regulations under paragraph (h) above to carry interest from the date on which it becomes payable until payment.

(3) Where—

(a) a decision relating to contributions falls to be made under section 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 or 15 of the Social Security Act 1998; and

(b) the decision will affect a person’s liability for, or the amount of, any interest due in respect of those contributions,

regulations under sub-paragraph (2)(e) above shall not require any such interest to be paid until the decision has been made.

F8 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) Regulations under sub-paragraph (2)(h) above shall—

(a) prescribe the rates of penalty, or provide for how they are to be ascertained;

(b) F9 ... provide for the penalty to be imposed by the [F10 Inland Revenue]—

(i) within six years after the date on which the penalty is incurred; or

(ii) where the amount of the penalty is to be ascertained by reference to the amount of any contributions payable, at any later time within three years after the final determination of the amount of those contributions;

(c) provide for determining the date on which, for the purposes of paragraph (b) above, the penalty is incurred;

(d) prescribe the means by which the penalty is to be enforced; and

(e) provide for enabling the [F11 Inland Revenue, in their] discretion, to mitigate or to remit the penalty, or to stay or to compound any proceedings for it.

[F12 (5A) Regulations under this paragraph may, in relation to any penalty imposed by such regulations, make provision applying (with or without modifications) any enactment applying for the purposes of income tax that is contained in Part X of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (penalties).]

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(8) Interest or penalties may be charged by virtue of regulations under this paragraph in respect of a period before the coming into force of section 57 of the Social Security Act 1998 but only to the extent that interest or penalties would have been chargeable if the contributions in question had been recoverable, in respect of that period, by virtue of regulations under paragraph 6 above.

(9) Any reference to contributions in sub-paragraph (1) above shall be construed as including a reference to any interest or penalty payable, in respect of contributions, by virtue of regulations under paragraph (e) or (h) of sub-paragraph (2) above.

(10) The rate of interest applicable for any purpose of this paragraph shall be the rate from time to time prescribed under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 for the corresponding purpose of paragraph 6 above.]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(1) substituted (1.4.1999) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 3 para. 38; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(1) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(3); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F5 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(1) substituted (6.4.2003 with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 723, Sch. 6 para. 185(e) (with Sch. 7)

F6 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(1) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(3); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F7 Sch. 1 para. 7B(2)(e) substituted (28.7.2000) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 76(3), 86

F8 Sch. 1 para. 7B(4) repealed (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(5), Sch. 10 Pt. I; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F9 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(5)(b) repealed (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(6)(a), Sch. 10 Pt. I; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F10 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(5)(b) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(6)(a); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F11 Words in Sch. 1 para. 7B(5)(e) substituted (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(6)(b); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F12 Sch. 1 para. 7B(5A) inserted (28.7.2000) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 76(4), 86

F13 Sch. 1 para. 7B(6) repealed (4.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), s. 28(3), Sch. 9 para. 7(5), Sch. 10 Pt. I; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(a)(b), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

F14 Sch. 1 para. 7B(7) omitted (with effect in relation to a Class 2 contribution in respect of a week in the tax year 2015-16 or a subsequent tax year) by virtue of National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 paras. 9(2), 36

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 7B modified by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 97(2), Sch. 24 para. 30 (as amended (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 57 para. 9)

C2 Sch. 1 para. 7B modified (1.4.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 38 para. 54; S.I. 2013/279, art. 2

[F15 7BZA (1) The Inland Revenue may by regulations provide for Class 1, Class 1A, Class 1B or Class 2 contributions to which regulations under paragraph 7B apply to be recovered in a similar manner to income tax. E+W+S

(2) Regulations under sub-paragraph (1) may apply or extend with or without modification in relation to such contributions any of the provisions of the Income Tax Acts or of PAYE regulations.

(3) Any reference to contributions in this paragraph shall be construed as including a reference to any interest or penalty payable, in respect of contributions, by virtue of regulations under paragraph (e) or (h) of paragraph 7B(2).]

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 1 para. 7BZA inserted (1.9.2004) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 5(4), 13; S.I. 2004/1943, art. 2(e)

[F16 7BA E+W+S The Inland Revenue may by regulations provide for amounts in respect of contributions or interest that fall to be paid or repaid in accordance with any regulations under this Schedule to be set off, or to be capable of being set off, in prescribed circumstances and to the prescribed extent, against any such liabilities under regulations under this Schedule of the person entitled to the payment or repayment as may be prescribed.]

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 1 para. 7BA inserted (28.7.2000) by Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), ss. 76(5), 86

[F17 7BB (1) Regulations may provide, in connection with maternity allowance under section 35 or 35B, for a person who is, or will be, either liable or entitled to pay a Class 2 contribution in respect of a week in a tax year to be able to pay a Class 2 contribution in respect of that week at any time in the period— E+W+S

(a) beginning with that week, and

(b) ending with a prescribed date.

(2) The regulations may provide that where a person pays a Class 2 contribution in respect of a week in a tax year under the regulations—

(a) the contribution is to be treated, before the end of the tax year, as a Class 2 contribution under section 11(6);

(b) the contribution is to be treated, after the end of the tax year—

(i) if the person is liable under section 11(2) to pay a Class 2 contribution in respect of that week, as a Class 2 contribution under section 11(2);

(ii) otherwise, as a Class 2 contribution under section 11(6).

(3) Regulations under this paragraph are to be made by the Treasury acting with the concurrence of the Secretary of State.]

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 1 para. 7BB inserted (with effect for the tax year 2015-16 and subsequent tax years) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 paras. 9(3), 35