The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001

Case E— U.K. Members of the Forces F1

Textual Amendments

F1 This Case applies to Northern Ireland by virtue of the powers conferred by section 116 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 on the Treasury. These powers are exercisable, as in Great Britain, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State (and not the Department for Social Development).

Establishments and organisations of which Her Majesty’s forces are taken to consist U.K.

140.  Except in relation to the employment in any of the establishments or organisations specified in Part I of Schedule 6 of any person specified in Part II of that Schedule, Her Majesty’s forces shall, for the purpose of the Act, be taken to consist of the establishments and organisations specified in Part I of that Schedule, and this Case shall be construed accordingly.

Treatment of serving members of the forces as present in Great Britain U.K.

141.  For the purposes of regulation 145(1)(a) a serving member of the forces shall, in respect of his employment as such, be treated as present in Great Britain F2 .

Textual Amendments

F2 See however regulation 6 of S.I. 1975/493 as to the treatment of contributions paid by members of the forces for the purposes of entitlement to benefit in Northern Ireland.

Treatment of contributions paid after that date U.K.

142.  For the purpose of any entitlement to benefit, any earnings-related contributions paid after the due date in respect of earnings paid to or for the benefit of a person in respect of his employment as a member of the forces shall be treated as paid on that date.

Special provisions concerning earnings-related contributions U.K.

143.—(1) For the purposes of earnings-related contributions, there shall be excluded from the computation of a person’s earnings as a serving member of the forces any payment in so far as it is—

(a) a payment of or in respect of an Emergence Service grant;

(b) a payment of any sum referred to in [F3 sections 297 and 298 of ITEPA 2003 (armed forces' food, drink and mess allowances and reserve and auxiliary forces' training allowances)]; or

(c) a payment of liability bounty in recognition of liability for immediate call-up in times of emergency.

(2) The earnings period for a person who is a serving member of the forces shall be as follows—

(a) in the case of a person serving in the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown, whatever is the accounting period from time to time applying in his case under the Naval Pay Regulations or, as the case may be, the Army Pay Warrant, Queen’s Regulations for the Army or for the Royal Air Force or the Air Council Instructions; or

(b) in the case of a person undergoing training in any of the establishments or organisations specified in paragraphs 2 to 9 of Part I of Schedule 6, a month.

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in reg. 143(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 25

Application of the Act and regulations U.K.

144.—(1) The provisions of Part I of the Act and so much of Part VI of the Act as relates to contributions and the regulations made under those provisions shall, in so far as they are not inconsistent and the provisions of this Case, apply in relation to persons who are serving members of the forces with the modification prescribed in paragraph (2).

(2) The modification is that where any such person is, on account of his being at sea or outside the United Kingdom by reason of his employment as a serving member of the forces, unable to perform an act required to be done either immediately or on the happening of a certain event or within a specified time, he shall be deemed to have complied with that requirement if he performs the act as soon as is reasonably practicable, although after the happening of the event or the expiration of the specified time,