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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Section 155A 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

[F1155A Power to provide for recovery by employers of sums paid by way of statutory sick pay.N.I.

(1)[F2The Secretary of State]] may by order provide for the recovery by employers, in accordance with the order, of the amount (if any) by which their payments of, or liability incurred for, statutory sick pay in any period exceeds the specified percentage of the amount of their liability for contributions payments in respect of the corresponding period.

(2)An order under subsection (1) above may include provision—

(a)as to the periods by reference to which the calculation referred to above is to be made,

(b)for amounts which would otherwise be recoverable but which do not exceed the specified minimum for recovery not to be recoverable,

(c)for the rounding up or down of any fraction of a pound which would otherwise result from a calculation made in accordance with the order, and

(d)for any deduction from contributions payments made in accordance with the order to be disregarded for such purposes as may be specified,

and may repeal sections 154 and 155 above and make any amendments of other statutory provisions which are consequential on the repeal of those sections.

(3)In this section—

  • “contributions payments” means payments which a person is required by or under any statutory provision to make in discharge of any liability of his as an employer in respect of primary or secondary Class 1 contributions; and

  • “specified” means specified in or determined in accordance with an order under subsection (1).

(4)[F2The Secretary of State] may by regulations make such transitional and consequential provision, and such savings, as it considers necessary or expedient for or in connection with the coming into operation of any order under subsection (1) above.

Textual Amendments

F2Words in s. 155A(1)(4) substituted (24.3.1999 for specified purposes and 1.4.1999 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 11 (with savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6)

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