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Textual Amendments
F1Cross-heading preceding s. 13 substituted (3.11.2011 for specified purposes otherwise 3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 8(2), 38(1)(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(a)
(1)A person's qualifying earnings in a pay reference period of 12 months are the part (if any) of the gross earnings payable to that person in that period that is—
(a)more than [F2£5,668] , and
(b)not more than [F3£41,450] .
(2)In the case of a pay reference period of less or more than 12 months, subsection (1) applies as if the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) were proportionately less or more.
(3)In this section, “earnings”, in relation to a person, means sums of any of the following descriptions that are payable to the person in connection with the person's employment—
(a)salary, wages, commission, bonuses and overtime;
(b)statutory sick pay under Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4);
(c)statutory maternity pay under Part 12 of that Act;
(d)ordinary statutory paternity pay or additional statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of that Act;
(e)statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act;
(f)sums prescribed for the purposes of this section.
Textual Amendments
F2Word in s. 13(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(a)
F3Word in s. 13(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 2(2)(b)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 13(2) modifed (15.6.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1506), art. 3
C2S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2013) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/667), arts. 1(1), 3
Commencement Information
I1S. 13 wholly in force at 30.6.2012; s. 13 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(2)(k); s. 13 in force so far as not already in force at 30.6.2012 by S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2(1)(2)(a), Sch. 1
(1)The Secretary of State must in each tax year consider whether any of the amounts in sections 3(1)(c), 5(1)(c) and 13(1)(a) and (b) should be increased or decreased.
(2)If the Secretary of State considers that any of those amounts should be increased or decreased, the Secretary of State may make an order substituting in the provisions in question the amounts that the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1) the Secretary of State may take into account any of the factors specified in subsection (4) (as well as any others that the Secretary of State thinks relevant).
(4)The factors are—
(a)the amounts for the time being specified in Chapter 2 of Part 3 (personal allowances) of the Income Tax Act 2007;
(b)the amounts for the time being specified in regulations under section 5 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (earnings limits and thresholds for Class 1 national insurance contributions);
(c)the amount for the time being specified in section 44(4) of that Act (rate of basic state pension);
(d)the general level of prices in Great Britain, and the general level of earnings there, estimated in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks fit.]
Textual Amendments
F4S. 14 substituted (3.11.2011 for specified purposes otherwise 3.1.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 8(1), 38(1)(4); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 3(a)
Commencement Information
I2S. 14 wholly in force at 6.3.2012; s. 14 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(2)(k); s. 14 in force so far as not already in force on 6.3.2012 by S.I. 2012/683, art. 2(1)
(1)In relation to any person a pay reference period is the period prescribed.
(2)The Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a)make provision for determining a person's earnings in any pay reference period;
(b)make provision for determining the first date of each pay reference period in relation to a person.
(3)A reference in any provision to the relevant pay reference period is a reference to the period determined in accordance with regulations under this section, as they apply for the purposes of that provision in the case concerned.
Commencement Information
I3S. 15 wholly in force at 30.6.2012; s. 15 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 149(2)(k); s. 15 in force so far as not already in force at 30.6.2012 by S.I. 2012/1682, art. 2(1)(2)(a), Sch. 1
(1)The Secretary of State may by order specify rounded figures for the purposes of section 3(6B), 5(7B) or 13(2) in the case of pay reference periods of any length specified in the order.
(2)A rounded figure so specified applies in place of the amount that would otherwise apply (“the exact amount”).
(3)The Secretary of State must decide in relation to any particular amount whether to specify—
(a)a figure that is a whole number of pounds, or
(b)a figure that is divisible by 10 pence, or
(c)a figure that includes a whole number of pennies.
(4)It is for the Secretary of State to decide whether to round any particular amount up or down.
Accordingly, a figure specified under this section may be the figure within paragraph (a) or (b) or (c) of subsection (3) that is closest to the exact amount or the one that is next closest to it (or, if two figures are joint closest, it may be either of those).]
Textual Amendments
F5S. 15A inserted (3.11.2011 for specified purposes otherwise 6.3.2012) by Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 9, 38(1)(4); S.I. 2012/682, art. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I4S. 15A expressed to come into force so far as not already in force on 7.3.2012 by S.I. 2012/683, art. 2(2)(a)
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