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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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Version Superseded: 03/11/2000

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Point in time view as at 13/04/1995. This version of this provision has been superseded. Help about Status

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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Paragraph 2 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

2(1)The contribution conditions for [F1short-term incapacity benefit] are the following.

(2)The first condition is that—

(a)the claimant must have actually paid contributions of a relevant class in respect of any one year, and those contributions must have been paid before the relevant time; and

(b)the earnings factor derived as mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) below must be not less than that year’s lower earnings limit multiplied by 25.

(3)The second condition is that—

(a)the claimant must in respect of the last two complete years before the beginning of the relevant benefit year have either paid or been credited with contributions of a relevant class or been credited (in the case of 1987-88 or any subsequent year) with earnings; and

(b)the earnings factor derived as mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) below must be not less in each of those years than the year’s lower earnings limit multiplied by 50.

(4)The earnings factor referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (2) above is that which is derived—

(a)if the year in question is 1987-88 or any subsequent year—

(i)from earnings upon which primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid; or

(ii)from Class 2 contributions; or

(b)if the year in question is an earlier year, from the contributions paid as mentioned in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph.

(5)The earnings factor referred to in paragraph (b) of sub-paragraph (3) above is that which is derived—

(a)if the year in question is 1987-88 or any subsequent year—

(i)from earnings upon which primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid or from earnings credited; or

(ii)from Class 2 contributions; or

(b)if the year in question is an earlier year, from the contributions referred to in paragraph (a) of that sub-paragraph.

(6)For the purposes of these conditions—

(a)the relevant time” is the day in respect of which benefit is claimed;

(b)the relevant benefit year” is the benefit year in which there falls the beginning of the [F2period of incapacity for work] which includes the relevant time.

[F3(7)Where a person makes a claim for incapacity benefit and does not satisfy the second contribution condition (specified in sub-paragraph (3) above) and, in a later benefit year in which he would satisfy that condition had no such claim been made, he makes a further claim for incapacity benefit, the previous claim shall be disregarded.]

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