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Section 13 Qualifying earningsI1I2

Northern Ireland

(1)

A person's qualifying earnings in a pay reference period of 12 months are the part (if any) of the gross earnings payable to that person in that period that is—

(a)

more than F1£6,240, and

(b)

not more than F2£50,270.

C1C2C3(2)

In the case of a pay reference period of less or more than 12 months, subsection (1) applies as if the amounts in paragraphs (a) and (b) were proportionately less or more.

(3)

In this section, “earnings”, in relation to a person, means sums of any of the following descriptions that are payable to the person in connection with the person's employment—

(a)

salary, wages, commission, bonuses and overtime;

(b)

statutory sick pay under Part 11 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) (in this Act referred to as “the Contributions and Benefits Act”);

(c)

statutory maternity pay under Part 12 of that Act;

(d)

F3statutory paternity pay under Part 12ZA of that Act;

(e)

statutory adoption pay under Part 12ZB of that Act;

F4(ea)

statutory shared parental pay under Part 12ZC of that Act;

F5(eb)

statutory parental bereavement pay under Part 12ZD of that Act;

(f)

sums prescribed for the purposes of this section.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sum in s. 13(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2020) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/51), arts. 1(1), 2

F2

Sum in s. 13(1)(b) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/66), arts. 1(1), 2

F3

Words in s. 13(3)(d) substituted (5.4.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(a); S.R. 2015/86, art. 4(2)(g) (with art. 7(2))

F4

S. 13(3)(ea) inserted (15.3.2015) by Work and Families Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 1), s. 23(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(b); S.R. 2015/86, art. 3(2)(h)

F5

S. 13(3)(eb) inserted (23.3.2022) by Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act (Northern Ireland) 2022 (c. 5), s. 5(5), Sch. para. 35; S.R. 2022/136, art. 3

Modifications

C1

S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2018) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018 (S.R. 2018/52), arts. 1(1), 3

C2

S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2020) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/51), arts. 1(1), 3

C3

S. 13(2) modified (6.4.2021) by The Automatic Enrolment (Earnings Trigger and Qualifying Earnings Band) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/66), arts. 1(1), 3

Commencement

I1

S. 13 partly in force; s. 13 in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent see s. 118(2)

I2

S. 13 in operation at 30.6.2012 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2012/266, art. 2, Sch. Pt. 1

Notes on Part 1

Modifications

C1

Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1388), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 5)

Notes on Chapter 1

Modifications

C1

Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (1.7.2012) by The Automatic Enrolment (Offshore Employment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1388), arts. 1(1), 2 (with art. 5)

Notes on Qualifying earnings and earnings trigger

Textual amendments

F1

S. 13 crossheading substituted (7.6.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 9(2), 34(3); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(d)