The Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 1993

• Citation: S.I. 1993/2094
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No.6) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 21st September 1993.

(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 1 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 1(2) of the principal Regulations (citation, commencement and interpretation) for the definition of “due date” there shall be substituted the following definition—

“due date” in Part IV of these regulations means in relation to any contribution which a person is—

liable to pay, the date by which payment falls to be made;

entitled but not liable to pay, the date 42 days after the end of the year in respect of which it is paid;

Section 3 Amendment of regulation 38 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 38(1) of the principal Regulations (treatment for purpose of contributory benefit of late paid contributions under the Act) for the words “paid after the due date” there shall be substituted the words “paid after the due date or treated as paid after the due date under regulation 41A(2)”.

Section 4 Insertion of regulation 41A into the principal Regulations

After regulation 41 of the principal Regulations (treatment for the purpose of any contributory benefit of contributions under the Act paid late through ignorance or error) there shall be inserted the following regulation—

Treatment for the purpose of any contributory benefit of contributions paid under regulation 54

(41A)

(1) Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, for the purpose of entitlement to contributory benefit, where—

(a) a person pays a Class 2 or Class 3 contribution in accordance with regulation 54 of these regulations (method of, and time for, payment of Class 2 and Class 3 contributions etc. ) , and

(b) the due date for payment of that contribution is a date after the relevant day,

that contribution shall be treated as paid by the relevant day.

(2) Where in respect of any part of a late notification period, a person pays aClass 2 contribution which he is liable to pay, that contribution shall be treated as paid after the due date, whether or not it was paid by the due date.

(3) In this regulation—

“contribution quarter” has the meaning given in regulation 54(8)(b) of these regulations;

“late notification period” means the period from the date a person liable to pay a Class 2 contribution was first required to notify the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of regulation 53A of these regulations (notification of commencement or cessation of payment of Class 2 or Class 3 contributions) to the date of the last day of the contribution quarter immediately before the contribution quarter in which he gives that notification;

“relevant day” means the first day in respect of which a person would have been entitled to receive the contributory benefit in question if any contribution condition relevant to that benefit had already been satisfied.

Section 5 Amendment of regulation 42 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 42(a) of the principal Regulations (treatment for the purpose of any contributory benefit of contributions paid under an arrangement) for the words “regulation 54(3)” there shall be substituted the words “regulation 54A” .