The Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998

102.  After paragraph (3) of Article 4 (the contribution-based conditions) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

(3A) Where primary Class 1 contributions have been paid or treated as paid on any part of a person’s earnings, paragraphs (2)(b) and (3) shall have effect as if such contributions had been paid or treated as paid on so much of the earnings as did not exceed the upper earnings limit..