Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. VI (ss. 112-121): power to apply conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), ss. 161(1), 168(4), Sch. 6 para. 1(3)(a).
(1)Subject to section 115(2) and (3) above and to this section, a person who is serving as a member of Her Majesty’s forces shall, while he is so serving, be treated as an employed earner, in respect of his membership of those forces, for the purposes—
(a)of Parts I to V and this Part of this Act; and
(b)of any provision of the Administration Act in its application to him as an employed earner.
(2)The Secretary of State may make regulations modifying Parts I to V and this Part of this Act, and any provision of Part II of the Administration Act which replaces provisions of Part III of the 1975 Act, in such manner as he thinks proper, in their application to persons who are or have been members of Her Majesty’s forces; and regulations under this section may in particular provide [F1, in the case of persons who are employed earners in respect of their membership of those forces, for reducing the rate of the contributions payable in respect of their employment and for determining—
(a)the amounts payable on account of those contributions by the Secretary of State and the time and manner of payment, and
(b)the deduction (if any) to be made on account of those contributions from the pay of those persons.]
(3)For the purposes of Parts I to V and this Part of this Act, Her Majesty’s forces shall be taken to consist of such establishments and organisations as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State being establishments and organisations in which persons serve under the control of the Defence Council.
Extent Information
E1S. 116 extends to Northern Ireland only, with the exception of s.116(2) which also extends to Great Britain
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 116(2) substituted (7.10.1996) by S.I. 1995/2705 (N.I. 15), art. 40(1), Sch. 2 para. 11; S.R. 1996/401, art. 2