1989 No. 345
The Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1989
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by section 1 of the Social Security Pensions Act 19751 and, in conjunction with the Treasury in so far as relates to matters with regard to which the Treasury has so directed2, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 128(2)(a), 131, 134(6) and 166(2) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 19753 and section 123(2)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 19754 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make regulation 2(3), (4) and (5) of these Regulations should not be referred to it5, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation1
1
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 6th April 1989.
2
In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 19796.
Amendment to Regulations2
1
The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
2
In Regulation 7 (lower and upper earnings limits for Class 1 contributions) –
a
for “6th April 1988” there shall be substituted “6th April 1989”, and
b
for “£41” and “£305” there shall be substituted respectively “£43” and “£325”.
3
In regulation 115(1) (reduction of rate of Class 1 contributions payable in respect of earnings of serving members of the forces) –
a
in sub-paragraph (a), for “0.8” in each place where it appears there shall be substituted “0.65”;
b
in sub-paragraph (b), for “0.85” there shall be substituted “0.7”.
4
In regulation 123D (special provisions as to volunteer development workers) –
a
immediately before the words “In relation to” there shall be inserted the figure “(1)”:
b
in paragraph (b) (weekly rate of any Class 2 contributions payable) for “£6.55” there shall be substituted the words “the amount equal to that percentage of the current lower earnings limit obtained by adding together the relevant primary percentage rate and the relevant secondary percentage rate”;
c
after paragraph (d) there shall be added the following new paragraph –
2
In paragraph (1) above –
a
“relevant primary percentage rate” means the rate which was, at the beginning of the year in which falls the week in respect of which the contribution is paid, the rate specified in section 4(6B) of the Act7 as the appropriate percentage rate for Bracket 1,
b
“relevant secondary percentage rate” means the rate which was, at the beginning of the year in which falls the week in respect of which the contribution is paid, the rate specified in section 4(6E) of the Act as the appropriate percentage rate for Bracket 1.
5
In regulation 134 (modification of section 134(4) of the Act) –
a
for paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –
a
in the case of contributions paid at the rate reduced in accordance with regulation 89(1) of these Regulations (modification of section 4(6E) of the Act in relation to mariners) the said subsection (4) shall apply as if, instead of the percentage figure specified in paragraph (b) thereof, there were the percentage figure “0.6”;
b
in paragraph (b), for “regulation 89(1)(a)” there shall be substituted “regulation 89(1)”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)