Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 3728
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations 2001
Made
20th November 2001
Laid before Parliament
20th November 2001
Coming into force
12th December 2001
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 6) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 12th December 2001.
Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001
2. —(1) Amend regulation 49 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001( 3 ) as follows.
(2) At the end of paragraph (1) add—
“ Sub-paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) are subject to the following qualification. ” .
(3) In paragraph (2)—
(a) omit “Notwithstanding paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c),”;
(b) in sub-paragraph (a) for “or widow’s pension or widowed mother’s allowance” substitute “widowed mother’s allowance, widowed parent’s allowance, bereavement allowance( 4 ) or widow’s pension”; and
(c) in sub-paragraph (b) after “contribution condition for” insert “bereavement payment( 5 ) or”.
(4) In paragraph (3), after “widowed mother’s allowance” insert “, widowed parent’s allowance, bereavement allowance”.
Nick Ainger
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
20th November 2001
1992 c. 4 . Section 13(1) was amended by paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2) .
1992 c. 7 . Section 13(1) was amended by paragraph 15(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671 ).
S.I. 2001/1004 . There are amendments, which are not relevant for present purposes.
Widowed parent’s allowance and bereavement allowance are introduced by sections 39A and 39B of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, inserted by section 55(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30) (“the Welfare Reform Act”) and sections 39A and 39B of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, inserted by Article 52(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11) ) (“the Welfare Reform Order”).
Bereavement payment is introduced by section 36 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as substituted by section 54(1) of the Welfare Reform Act and section 36 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as substituted by Article 51(1) of the Welfare Reform Order.