Amendment of the principal Regulations

7

For regulation 50 substitute—

50

1

If—

a

a person (“the contributor”)—

i

was entitled to pay a Class 3 contribution under regulation 48, 146(2)(b) or 147; and

ii

failed to pay that contribution in the appropriate period specified for its payment; and

b

the condition in paragraph (2) is satisfied,

the contributor may pay the contribution within such further period as an officer of the Board may direct.

2

The condition is that an officer of the Board is satisfied that—

a

the failure to pay is attributable to the contributor’s ignorance or error; and

b

that ignorance or error was not the result of the contributor’s failure to exercise due care and diligence.