Statutory Instruments
2003 No. 2421
SOCIAL SECURITY, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) (Amendment No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2003
Made
18th September 2003
Laid before Parliament
18th September 2003
Coming into force
13th October 2003
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 7(2) and (3) and 171(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992( 1 ), hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) (Amendment No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 13th October 2003.
2. The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978( 2 ) are amended as follows.
3. In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—
“ “category A, B, C or D waters” has the meaning given in the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Waters) Regulations 1992 ( 3 ) ; ” ;
“ “mariner” has the meaning given in regulation 115 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 ( 4 ) ; ” .
4. —(1) Renumber regulation 5 as paragraph (1) of that regulation.
(2) After paragraph (1) so formed add—
“ (2) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 applies to mariners notwithstanding anything in regulations 122 and 124(1) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001. ” .
5. In paragraph 7 of Schedule 3( 5 ) (personal service of person employed made available to a host employer) in the entry in Column (A) add at the end—
“ Where the employment is as a mariner, this paragraph only applies where the duties of the employment are performed wholly or mainly in category A, B, C or D waters. ” .
Nick Ainger
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th September 2003
1992 c. 7 ; section 7 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671 ) and paragraph 194 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) .
S.R. 1978 No. 401 ; the relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1994 No. 92 .
S.I. 1992/2356 ; category A, B, C and D waters are specified (pursuant to S.I. 1992/2356 ) in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1776 (M).
S.I. 2001/1004 .
Paragraph 7 was added by regulation 4(a) of S.R. 1994 No. 92 .