Regulation 60 Interpretation and related mattersI1

insert in the appropriate places—

• ““lower earnings limit” means the lower earnings limit for Class 1 contributions for the purposes of section 5(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992^f1;”;

• ““seconded expatriate” means an employee meeting one of the following descriptions—

  1. (a)

     an employee in section 689 of ITEPA (employee of non-UK employer); or

  2. (b)

     an employee in a branch of an employer where—

     1. (i)

        these Regulations would not apply to that employer but for that branch,

     2. (ii)

        the employer seconded the employee to that branch, and

     3. (iii)

        the employee was not employed in the United Kingdom immediately before the secondment;”, and

for the definition of “Student Loan Regulations” substitute—

• ““Student Loan Regulations” means the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009^f2 or, in Northern Ireland, the Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009^f3;”.