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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/180</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997</dc:title><dc:subject>Benefits</dc:subject><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">SOCIAL SECURITY</dc:subject><dc:modified>2026-08-21</dc:modified><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dct:valid>1997-04-06</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (“the principal Regulations”).</dc:description>
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<Number>1997 No. 180</Number>
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<Title>SOCIAL SECURITY</Title>
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<Title>The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment <Abbreviation Expansion="Number">No.</Abbreviation> 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997</Title>
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<Text>Made</Text>
<DateText>24th March 1997</DateText>
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<Text>Coming into operation</Text>
<DateText>6th April 1997</DateText>
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<Text>The Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 3(2) and (3) and 171(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992<FootnoteRef Ref="f00001"/> and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:</Text>
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<Text>These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997.</Text>
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<Title>Amendment of regulation 19 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations</Title>
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<Text>In regulation 19(1) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> (payments to be disregarded) after sub-paragraph (<Emphasis>v</Emphasis>)<FootnoteRef Ref="f00003"/> there shall be added the following sub-paragraph—</Text>
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<Text>a payment of, or contribution towards, expenditure incurred on providing work-related training which by virtue of sections 200B, 200C and 200D of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988<FootnoteRef Ref="f00004"/> (work-related training) is not to be taken as an emolument of the office or employment.</Text>
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<Text>Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on</Text>
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<PersonName>John O'Neill</PersonName>
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<DateText>24th March 1997.</DateText>
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<Text>(This note is not part of the Regulations.)</Text>
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<Text>These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (“the <Abbreviation Expansion="Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (S.R. 1979/186)">principal Regulations</Abbreviation>”).</Text>
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<Text>Regulation 2 amends regulation 19(1) of the principal Regulations by excluding, from the computation of a person’s earnings for the purposes of earnings-related contributions, payments by way of expenditure incurred on the provision of work-related training which are not to be taken as emoluments of the office or employment by virtue of sections 200B to 200D of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (inserted by the Finance Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1997/16" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1997" Number="0016">1997 (c. 16)</Citation>).</Text>
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<Text>These Regulations make in relation to Northern Ireland only provision corresponding to provision contained in Regulations made by the Secretary of State for Social Security in relation to Great Britain and accordingly, by virtue of section 149(3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/8" id="c00002" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1992" Number="0008">1992 (c. 8)</Citation>, are not subject to the requirement of section 149(2) of that Act for prior reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.</Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/7" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1992" Number="0007">1992 c. 7</Citation></Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1979/186" id="c00004" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1979" Number="0186">S.R. 1979 No. 186</Citation>; relevant amending regulations are <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/163" id="c00005" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1997" Number="0163">S.R. 1997 No. 163</Citation></Text>
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<Text>Sub-paragraph (<Emphasis>v</Emphasis>) was added by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1997/163" id="c00006" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1997" Number="0163">S.R. 1997 No. 163</Citation></Text>
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<Text><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/1" id="c00007" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="1988" Number="0001">1988 c. 1</Citation></Text>
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