C1Part VI Miscellaneous Provisions relating to Part I to V

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Special cases

E1116 Her Majesty’s forces.

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

F1The Treasury may with the concurrence of the Secretary of State make regulations modifying Parts I to V and this Part of this Act F2and Part III of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and any F3provisions of Chapter II of Part II of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 which correspond to provisions of Part III of the 1975 Act, in such manner as F4the Treasury think 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 F5, 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 F6made by the Treasury with the concurrence of the Secretary of State being establishments and organisations in which persons serve under the control of the Defence Council.