# The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2024, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001


In Part 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (payments to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings for the purposes of earnings-related contributions), after paragraph 30 insert—
“Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme compensation payments and Horizon Shortfall Scheme Fixed Sum Awards
31 (1) A payment of compensation made by the Department for Business and Trade to a person under the scheme announced by His Majesty’s Government on 13th March 2024 to compensate people who have a conviction involving the Horizon system quashed by legislation.
(2) A payment of compensation made by Post Office Limited to a person eligible for compensation under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme or a nominated individual for the purpose of ensuring that person receives a total of £75,000 in compensation.
(3) A payment that is a relevant onward payment of the payment defined in paragraph (2).
(4) In this paragraph—
“Horizon Shortfall Scheme” has the same meaning as in paragraph 27(2);
“the Horizon system” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“nominated individual” means any person who was a shareholder or a director of a company or a partner in a partnership which ceased to exist and that would have been eligible for compensation under the Horizon Shortfall Scheme;
“Post Office Limited” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“relevant onward payment” has the same meaning as in paragraph 28(5).”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2024/822/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-4-regulations-2024/regulation-2
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