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The Social Security (Contributions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994
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1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.
(2) Subject to Articles 3(2) and 4(3), this Order shall come into operation on the expiration of seven days from the day on which it is made.
Interpretation
2. The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(1) shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Increase in primary Class 1 contributions
3.—(1) In section 8 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(2) (calculation of primary Class 1 contributions), in subsection (2)(b) (by virtue of which the main primary percentage is 9 per cent.) for “9 per cent.” substitute “10 per cent.”.
(2) Paragraph (1) comes into operation on 6th April 1994.
Health service allocation
4.—(1) In section 142(5) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(3) (destination of contributions: health service allocation), in paragraph (a) (allocation in case of primary Class 1 contributions) for the words from “the earnings” to the end substitute “so much of the earnings in respect of which those contributions were paid as exceeded the lower earnings limit but did not exceed the upper earnings limit;”.
(2) After subsection (6) of that section insert—
“(6A) In the case of earners paid other than weekly, the reference in subsection (5)(a) above to the lower or upper earnings limit shall be taken as a reference to the equivalent of that limit prescribed under section 8(3) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.”.
(3) The above amendments shall be deemed to have had effect as from the commencement of the 1992 Act; and corresponding amendments to section 128 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975(4) shall be deemed to have had effect as from the commencement of Article 3 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1989(5).
N. H. Nicholls
Clerk of the Privy Council
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