Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1988
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1988/299 |
| Year | 1988 |
1988 No. 299
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1988
Made 22th February 1988
Laid before Parliament 2nd March 1988
Coming into force 6th April 1988
The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by section 1 of the Social Security Pensions Act 19751and, in conjunction with the Treasury in so far as relates to matters with regard to which the Treasury has so directed2, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 4(7), 128(2)(a) and 166(3) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 19753and section 123(2)(a) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 19754and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it5, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 6th April 1988.
(2) In these Regulations, “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 19796.
Amendment to Regulations
2.—(1) The principal Regulations shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 7 (lower and upper earnings limits for Class 1 contributions)—
(a)
(a) for the words “6th April 1987” there shall be substituted the words “6th April 1988”, and
(b)
(b) for the figures “£39” and “£295” there shall be substituted respectively the figures “£41” and “£305”.
(3) In regulation 115(1) (reduction of rate of Class 1 contributions payable in respect of earnings of serving members of the forces)—
(a)
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for the figure “0.9” in each place where it appears there shall be substituted the figure “0.8”;
(b)
(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for the figure “0.95” there shall be substituted the figure “0.85”.
Revocations
3. There are hereby revoked regulation 133 of the principal Regulations (reduction of rate of Class 1 contributions payable in respect of earnings of registered dock workers), the Social Security (Contributions, Re-rating) Consequential Amendment Regulations 19807, the Social Security (Contributions) Amendment (No. 7) Regulations 19838and the Social Security...
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