Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 20012
In Part 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (payments to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings for the purposes of earnings-related contributions)3, after paragraph 25 insert—
Post Office Horizon compensation payments
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1
A payment of compensation made by Post Office Limited to a person in respect of a historic conviction that was quashed because it involved evidence from the Horizon system.
2
A payment of compensation made by the Department for Business and Trade to a person who was a party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order.
3
In this paragraph—
“the Horizon system” means any version of the computer system used by Post Office Limited known as Horizon, Horizon Legacy, Horizon Online or HNG-X;
“Post Office Limited” means the private company limited by shares incorporated and registered in England and Wales with company number 02154540.