The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001

Intermediate employers U.K.

3.—(1) Where an employee works for a person who is not his immediate employer, that person shall be treated as the employer for the purpose of this Schedule, and the immediate employer shall furnish the principal employer with such particulars of the employee’s [F1 general earnings] as may be necessary to enable the principal employer to comply with the provisions of this Schedule.

This is subject to the qualification in sub-paragraph (4).

(2) In this paragraph—

• “the principal employer” means the person specified as the relevant person in the direction referred to in sub-paragraph (4), and

• “the immediate employer” means the person specified as the contractor in that direction.

(3) If the [F2 employee’s general earnings] are actually paid to him by the immediate employer—

(a) the immediate employer shall be notified by the principal employer of the amount of earnings-related contributions which may be deducted when [F3 those earnings] are paid to the employee, and may deduct the amount so notified to him accordingly; and

(b) the principal employer may make a corresponding deduction on making to the immediate employer the payment out of which [F4 those earnings] will be paid.

(4) This paragraph only applies if a direction has been given by the Board under [F5 section 691 of ITEPA 2003] (PAYE: mobile UK workforce)F6 .

(5) Where an employee is paid a sickness payment which by virtue of regulation 23 is not made through the secondary contributor in relation to the employment—

(a) the person making that payment shall furnish the secondary contributor with such particulars of that payment as may be necessary to enable the secondary contributor to comply with this Schedule; and

(b) for the purposes only of this Schedule the secondary contributor shall be deemed to have made the sickness payment.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(1) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 30(4)(a)

F2 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 30(4)(b)(i)

F3 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 30(4)(b)(ii)

F4 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(3)(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), 30(4)(b)(iii)

F5 Words in Sch. 4 para. 3(4) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 30(4)(c)

F6 Section 203E was inserted by section 126 of the Finance Act 1994 (c. 9).