Article 6 Reduced rates of Class 1 contributions and rebates for money purchase contracted-out schemes

(1)

This article applies for the purposes of section 38A of the Northern Ireland Act^f1 (reduced rates of Class 1 contributions, and rebates in contracted-out employment).

(2)

For the purposes of section 38A(2) of the Northern Ireland Act (reduction of primary Class 1 contributions), the appropriate flat-rate percentage for each of the relevant tax years is 1.6 per cent.

(3)

For the purposes of section 38A(2A) of the Northern Ireland Act (reduction of secondary Class 1 contributions), the appropriate flat-rate percentage for each of the relevant tax years is 1.4 per cent.

(4)

For the purposes of section 38A(3) of the Northern Ireland Act (appropriate age-related percentage), the appropriate age-related percentage in respect of an earner for a relevant tax year is the percentage given in the table in Schedule 1 by reference to—

(a)

that tax year, and

(b)

the age of the earner on the day immediately before the start of that tax year.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 38A was inserted by article 134(4) of the 1995 Order and amended by paragraph 96 of Schedule 6 to 1998 Order, paragraph 52 of Schedule 1 to the 1999 Order, paragraph 7 of Schedule 10 to the WRAP Act and paragraph 42 of Schedule 1 to the 2002 Act.