Regulation 4 Insertion of regulation 17AB into the principal Regulations

After regulation 17A of the principal Regulations (payments to directors to be treated as earnings)^f1, insert–

“Further provision as to payments to be treated as earnings

17AB

For the purposes of section 3 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“earnings”) there shall be treated as remuneration derived from an employed earner’s employment any amount on which an employed earner is, by virtue of any provision of sections 140A to 140H of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (conditional acquisition of shares and convertible shares), chargeable to tax under Schedule E in respect of the acquisition, on or after 9th April 1998, of shares or an interest in shares.”.