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2004 No. 1361
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Amendment Regulations 2004

	Made	14th May 2004
	Laid before Parliament	14th May 2004
	Coming into force	17th May 2004

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1) and 175(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 8(1)(d) and (1A) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992[1] and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it[2], hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Amendment Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 17^t^h May 2004.

Amendment of the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001
2. In the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001[3] -

Treatment for the purposes of any contributory benefit of certain Class 3 contributions

6A.

- (1) For the purposes of entitlement to any contributory benefit, this regulation applies in the case of a Class 3 contribution paid after the due date -

(b) which is paid in respect of a year after 5^t^h April 1996 but before 6^t^h April 2002.

(2) A contribution referred to in paragraph (1), where it is paid on or before 5^t^h April 2009 by or in respect of a person who attains pensionable age on or after 6^t^h April 2008, shall be treated as paid on the day on which it is paid.

(3) A contribution referred to in paragraph (1), where it is paid on or before 5^t^h April 2009 by or in respect of a person who attains pensionable age on or after 24^t^h October 2004 but before 6^t^h April 2008, shall be treated as paid on -

whichever is the earlier.

(4) A contribution referred to in paragraph (1), where it is paid on or before 5^t^h April 2010 by or in respect of a person who attains pensionable age on or after 6^t^h April 1998 but before 24^t^h October 2004, shall be treated as paid on -

whichever is the later.".

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

Malcolm Wicks
Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions

13th May 2004

The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby concur.

Dave Hartnett

Helen Ghosh
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue

14th May 2004

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/769) by requiring that certain Class 3 contributions which have been paid after the due date are to be treated as paid on specified days in order that they may give rise to entitlement to certain contributory benefits.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

Notes:

[1] 1992 c. 4. Section 122(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word "prescribe". Section 175(1) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 29(3). Paragraph 8(1A) was inserted by Schedule 3 to that Act, paragraph 39(3) and amended by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 11, paragraph 3.back

[2] See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5).back

[3] S.I. 2001/769.back

ISBN 0 11 049308 7

Prepared 17 May 2004

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