The Employer’s Contributions Re-imbursement Amendment Regulations 1999

Made9th February 1999

Laid before Parliament15th February 1999

Coming into force8th March 1999

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 27(3) and (4), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 19951 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it2, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Employer’s Contributions Re-imbursement Amendment Regulations 1999 and shall come into force on 8th March 1999.

Amendment of the Employer’s Contributions Re-imbursement Regulations 19962

In regulations 5(1)(a) and 6(1)(a) of the Employer’s Contributions Re-imbursement Regulations 19963 (deductions from employer’s contributions payments and deductions from employer’s contributions payments where a mariner’s earnings are paid for a voyage period respectively) after “13 weeks”, insert “commencing on or before 31st March 1999”.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security.

Stephen C. TimmsMinister of State,Department of Social Security9th February 1999

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulations 5(1)(a) and 6(1)(a) of the Employer’s Contributions Re-imbursement Regulations 1996 to provide that deductions from employer’s contributions pursuant to those regulations may only be made if the employee in question has been employed for a continuous period of at least 13 weeks commencing on or before 31st March 1999.

These Regulations impose no costs on business.