Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

[F1 167ZZ16 Special classes of person U.K.

(1) The Department may with the concurrence of the Treasury make regulations modifying any provision of this Part in such manner as the Department thinks proper in its application to any person who is, has been or is to be—

(a) employed on board any ship, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft;

(b) outside Northern Ireland at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances; or

(c) in prescribed employment in connection with continental shelf operations.

(2) Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, provide—

(a) for any provision of this Part to apply to any such person, despite the fact that it would not otherwise apply;

(b) for any such provision not to apply to any such person, despite the fact that it would otherwise apply;

(c) for excepting any such person from the application of any such provision where the person is neither domiciled nor has a place of residence in Northern Ireland;

(d) for the taking of evidence, for the purposes of the determination of any question arising under any such provision, in a country or territory outside Northern Ireland, by a British consular official or such other person as may be determined in accordance with the regulations.

(3) In this section, “continental shelf operations” has the same meaning as in sections 166(3), 167ZI(3) and 167ZR(3).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 12ZD inserted (22.3.2022) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), ss. 2, 5(1)