1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2008.
(2) In these Regulations “SSCR” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(1).
(3) These Regulations shall come into force—
(a)for the purposes of the insertion of paragraph 12B in Part 8 of Schedule 3 to SSCR on 1st April 2008; and
(b)for all other purposes on 6th April 2008.
S.I. 2001/1004. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2002/307, 2004/770, 2005/778 and 3130 and 2006/2924. Regulation 156(3) contains a rule of construction which provides that in the application of these Regulations to Northern Ireland, a reference to an enactment applying only in Great Britain is to be construed as a reference to the corresponding enactment having effect there.