Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1994/1553 |
| Year | 1994 |
1994 No. 1553
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1994
Made 13th June 1994
Laid before Parliament 15th June 1994
Coming into force 6th July 1994
The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(4)(a), 3(2) and (3), 116(3), 122(1) and 175(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 8(1)(d) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 19921and section 116(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19922and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it3, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 6th July 1994.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 19794.
Amendment of regulation 25 of the principal Regulations
2. In regulation 25 of the principal Regulations (earnings for the purposes of certificates of exception) for paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“2 In paragraph (1) of this regulation—
(a) “earnings” means the applicant’s net earnings from employment as a self-employed earner, and
(b) in calculating those net earnings, where the applicant also has earnings from employed earner’s employment in the same year which are shown in the accounts of his business as a receipt of that business, those earnings shall be disregarded.”.
Amendment of regulation 38 of the principal Regulations
3. In regulation 38 of the principal Regulations (treatment for purpose of contributory benefit of late paid contributions under the Act)5for paragraphs (7) and (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—
“7 For the purpose of entitlement to maternity allowance, any such contribution as is specified in paragraph (1) of this regulation which is paid before the beginning of the period for maternity allowance shall, for the purpose of determining whether the contribution condition for such allowance is satisfied, be treated as...
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