Textual Amendments
F1Words in heading to Sch. 1 inserted (6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 58(1); S.R. 1998/312, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. III
F2Words in Sch. 1 heading substituted (12.10.2015) by Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), s. 56(1), Sch. 15 para. 21; S.I. 2015/1670, art. 2(b)
3(1)Where earnings are paid to an employed earner and in respect of that payment liability arises for primary and secondary Class 1 contributions, the secondary contributor shall (except in prescribed circumstances), as well as being liable for [F3any secondary contribution of his own], be liable in the first instance to pay also the earner’s primary contribution [F4or a prescribed part of the earner’s primary contribution] , on behalf of and to the exclusion of the earner; and for the purposes of this Act and the Administration Act contributions paid by the secondary contributor on behalf of the earner shall be taken to be contributions paid by the earner.N.I.
F5(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)A secondary contributor shall be entitled, subject to and in accordance with regulations, to recover from an earner the amount of any primary Class 1 contribution paid or to be paid by him on behalf of the earner; [F6and, subject to [F7sub-paragraphs (3A) to (5)] below but notwithstanding any other provision in any enactment], regulations under this sub-paragraph shall provide for recovery to be made by deduction from the earner’s earnings, and for it not to be made in any other way.
[F8(3A)Sub-paragraph (3B) applies where a person (“the employee”) who is employed by a particular employer (“the employer”) receives earnings in a form other than money (“non-monetary earnings”) from the employer in a tax year.
(3B)If and to the extent that regulations so provide, the employer may recover from the employee, in the prescribed manner, any primary Class 1 contributions paid or to be paid by him on the employee’s behalf in respect of those earnings.]
[F9(4)Sub-paragraph (5) below applies in a case where—
(a)a person (“the employee”) ceases in a particular tax year (“the cessation year”) to be employed by a particular employer (“the employer”); and
(b)the employee receives from the employer in the cessation year, after the cessation of the employment, [F10or in the next tax year non-monetary earnings].
(5)If and to the extent that regulations so provide, the employer may recover from the employee in such manner as may be prescribed any primary Class 1 contributions paid or to be paid by him on the employee’s behalf in respect of—
(a)the non-monetary earnings mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) above; F11...
F11(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11... ]
[F12(6)Regulations under any provision of this paragraph shall be made by the Inland Revenue.]
Textual Amendments
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) substituted (6.4.1999) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 78(1), Sch. 6 para. 58(5); S.I. 1999/72, art. 2(b), Sch.
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(1) inserted (with effect for 2003-04 and subsequent tax years) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2002 (c. 19), ss. 6, 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 32(3)
F5Sch. 1 para. 3(2) repealed (with effect in relation to the tax year beginning with 6.4.2000 and subsequent tax years) by 2000 c. 19, ss. 81(1), 85, Sch. 9 Pt. VIII(2), Note 1
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) substituted (9.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 52(a); S.R. 1998/312, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. I
F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(3) substituted (1.9.2004) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 2(2), 13; S.I. 2004/1943, art. 2(b)
F8Sch. 1 para. 3(3A)(3B) inserted (1.9.2004) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 2(3), 13; S.I. 2004/1943, art. 2(b)
F9Sch. 1 para. 3(4)(5) added (9.9.1998) by S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10), art. 52(b); S.R. 1998/312, art. 2(a), Sch. Pt. I
F10Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(4)(b) substituted (1.9.2004) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 2(4), 13; S.I. 2004/1943, art. 2(b)
F11Words in Sch. 1 para. 3(5) repealed (1.9.2004) by National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3), ss. 2(5), 13, Sch. 2; S.I. 2004/1943, arts. 2(b), 6(a)(ii)
F12Sch. 1 para. 3(6) added (1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, art. 4, Sch. 3 para. 32 (with savings and transitional provisions in Sch. 7); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2 (subject to arts. 3-6)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)