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National Insurance Contributions Act 2022

Territorial extent and application

  1. The Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Scotland

  1. The matters to which the provisions of the Act relate are not within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.

Wales

  1. The Act does not contain any provisions relating to matters within the legislative competence of Senedd Cymru.

Northern Ireland

  1. Under the provisions of Schedule 2 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 NICs are an excepted matter. The Act therefore applies to the relevant Northern Ireland legislation relating to NICs, where stated.

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