Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1980
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1980/1975 |
| Year | 1980 |
1980 No. 1975
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 198017thDecember 1980
18thDecember 1980
8thJanuary 1981
The Secretary of State for Social Services in conjunction with the Treasury in so far as relates to matters with regard to which the Treasury have so directed (a) and with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue in so far as their concurrence is required, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 8(1), 128(3) and 131 of, and paragraphs 1(1), 5(1) and 6(1)(c) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Act 1975(b), section 123 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975(c) and section 1 (3) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977(d) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee (e), hereby makes the following regulations:—
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1980 and shall come into operation on 8th January 1981.
(2) In these regulations "the principal regulations" means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1979(f).
Insertion of regulation 5A in the principal regulations
2. After regulation 5 of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following regulation—
"Earnings period for earnings to be aggregated where the earnings periods for those earnings otherwise would be of different lengths
5A.—(1) The following provisions of this regulation apply where—
(a) earnings paid in respect of two or more employed earner's employments fall to be aggregated; and
(b) the earnings periods in respect of those earnings are, by virtue of regulation 3, 4 or 5 of these regulations, of different lengths.
(a) See section 166(5) of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14).
(b) 1975 c. 14; section 8(1) was amended by section 2(4) of the Education (School-leaving Dates) Act 1976 (c. 5) and Article 4 of the Social Security (Contributions, Re-rating) Order 1979 (S.I. 1979/1694).
(c) 1975 c. 15.
(d) 1977 c. 5.
(e) By virtue of regulation 2 of the Social Security (Advisory Committees) Transitional Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1874), the reference to the Committee of a proposal to make regulations and their report are treated as a reference to, and report of, the Social Security Advisory Committee under section 10 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30).
(f) S.I. 1979/591, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
(2) In this...
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