3(1)Section 8 (definitions of certain terms) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In subsection (1) (definition of “contracted-out employment”) for the words from “he is under pensionable age” to the end of paragraph (a) substitute “—
(a)he is under pensionable age;
(aa)his service in the employment is for the time being service which qualifies him for a pension provided by an occupational pension scheme contracted out by virtue of satisfying section 9(2) (in this Act referred to as “a salary related contracted-out scheme”);”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)In addition, in relation to any period before the abolition date, the employment of an earner in employed earner's employment was “contracted-out employment” in relation to him during that period if—
(a)he was under pensionable age;
(b)his employer made minimum payments in respect of his employment to a money purchase contracted-out scheme, and
(c)there was in force a contracting-out certificate issued in accordance with this Chapter (as it then had effect) stating that the employment was contracted-out employment by reference to the scheme.”
(4)In subsection (2) for “for the purposes of section 42A” substitute “ for the tax year in which the week falls as specified in an order made under section 42B (as it had effect before the abolition date) ”.