PART 3CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT – CONTRIBUTORY ALLOWANCE

F1Conditions relating to national insurance and relevant earnings7A.

(1)

A claimant’s relevant earnings for the purposes of paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act (employment and support allowance: conditions relating to national insurance) are the total amount of the claimant’s earnings at the lower earnings limit for the base tax year.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), earnings which exceed the lower earnings limit are to be disregarded.