The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1980

Statutory Instruments

1980 No. 1713

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1980

Made

7th November 1980

Laid before Parliament

10th November 1980

Coming into Operation

1st December 1980

The Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2(2)(a) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after considering the report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee on the draft submitted to them in accordance with section 139 of that Act, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1980.

(2) In these regulations “the Principal regulations” means the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978.

Insertion of new paragraphs 11 and 12 in Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations

2.  After paragraph 10 in Part III of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

(a) in column (A)—

“11.   Employment:

(a) as a member of the naval, military or air forces of a country to which a provision of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies by virtue of section 1 thereof;

(b) as a civilian by any such force.

  

12.   Employment as a member of any international headquarters or defence organisation designated under section 1 of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964.”;

(b) in column (B)—

“11.   Any employment described in paragraph 11(b) in column (A) of a person who is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

  

12.   Any employment described in paragraph 12 in column (A) of a person who is—

(a) a serving member of the regular naval, military or air forces of the Crown raised in the United Kingdom, and any officer of the Brigade of Gurkhas holding Her Majesty's commission who is not a Queen's Gurkha officer; or

(b) a civilian ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom who is not a member of a pension scheme established under arrangements made by the international headquarters or, as the case may be, defence organisation of which he is a member.”.

Patrick Jenkin

Secretary of State for Social Services

7th November 1980

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978. They add new provisions which disregard for contribution purposes employment in, or as a civilian by, a Visiting Force to which a provision of the Visiting Forces Act 1952 applies except where the civilian is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom; and employment as a member of an international headquarters or defence organisation designated under the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964 except where the member is serving in Her Majesty's regular forces, or is a civilian ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom who is not a member of the pension scheme of the headquarters or organisation.

The report of the National Insurance Advisory Committee on the draft of these Regulations, dated 14th October 1980, is contained in Command Paper (Cmnd. 8082) published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office.