Regulation 11 Prescribed equivalents
United Kingdom
The prescribed equivalents of the lower and upper earnings limits F1, the primary and secondary thresholds and the upper secondary thresholds, for the purposes of—
sections 6(1), 6A(1), 8(1), F29(1), 9A(9), and 9B(6) of the Act (which provide liability for Class 1 contributions, notional payment of primary Class 1 contribution where earnings are not less than the lower earnings limit, the calculation of primary Class 1 contributions F3, the calculation of secondary Class 1 contributions, the calculation of secondary Class 1 contributions in relation to the Under 21 age group and the calculation of secondary Class 1 contributions in relation to relevant apprentices respectively)F4; F5and
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shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).
F9The prescribed equivalents of the upper accrual point for the purposes of—
section 22 of the Act (earnings factors); and
sections 41(1) (reduced rates of Class 1 contributions), 42A(1) (reduced rates of Class 1 contributions and rebates) and 45(1) (amount of minimum contributions) of the Pensions Act,
shall be determined in accordance with paragraphs (2), (4) and (5).
F10Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the prescribed equivalents of the lower earnings limit F11... shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, the amount calculated by multiplying F14the lower earnings limit by 4 1/3;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by multiplying the lower earnings limit by 4 1/3 and multiplying F15the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the lower earnings limit by 7 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the prescribed equivalents of the upper earnings limit shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, F17£4,189;
where the earnings period is a year, F18£50,270;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a week, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 52 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 12 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 365 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), F19the prescribed equivalents of the primary threshold shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, F20£1,048;
where the earnings period is a year,F21£12,570;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a week, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 52 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 12 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 365 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the prescribed equivalents of the secondary threshold shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, F23£417;
where the earnings period is a year,F24£5,000;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a week, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 52 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 12 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 365 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the prescribed equivalents of the upper secondary threshold for secondary Class 1 contributions in relation to the Under 21 age group shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, F26£4,189;
where the earnings period is a year, F27£50,270;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a week, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 52 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 12 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 365 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
Subject to paragraphs (4) and (5), the prescribed equivalents of the upper secondary threshold for secondary Class 1 contributions in relation to relevant apprentices shall be—
where the earnings period is a month, F29£4,189;
where the earnings period is a year, F30£50,270;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a week, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 52 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
where the earnings period is a multiple of a month, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 12 and multiplying the result by the corresponding multiple;
in any other case, the amount calculated by dividing the figure in sub-paragraph (b) by 365 and multiplying the result by the number of days in the earnings period concerned.
F39The following provisions of this regulation do not apply to Northern Ireland—
paragraph (1A), and
both references to “the upper accrual point” in paragraph (2), so that the term “the weekly limits” shall be read as referring only to the lower earnings limit in relation to Northern Ireland.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 11(1) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(a)(i)
- F2
Words in reg. 11(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(a)(ii)(aa)
- F3
Words in reg. 11(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(a)(ii)(bb)
- F4
Sections 6, 8 and 9 were substituted, and section 6A inserted, by paragraphs 2 to 5 of Part I of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform Act.
- F5
Word in reg. 11(1)(a) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(a)(i) (with reg. 20)
- F6
Reg. 11(1)(aa) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)
- F7
Reg. 11(1)(b) omitted and word (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(a)(ii) (with reg. 20)
- F8
Reg. 11(1A) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(3)
- F9
Reg. 11(1A) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(b) (with reg. 20)
- F10
Words in reg. 11(2) & reg. 11(2)(a) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(4)
- F11
Words in reg. 11(2) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(c)(i) (with reg. 20)
- F12
Word in reg. 11(2)(a)-(d) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(c)(iii)(aa) (with reg. 20)
- F13
Words in reg. 11(2)(a) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(c)(ii) (with reg. 20)
- F14
Words in reg. 11(2)(a)-(d) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(c)(iii)(bb) (with reg. 20)
- F15
Words in reg. 11(2)(a)-(d) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(c)(iii)(cc) (with reg. 20)
- F16
Reg. 11(2A) inserted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(5)
- F17
Sum in Reg. 11(2A)(a) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(i)
- F18
Sum in Reg. 11(2A)(b) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(ii)
- F19
Words in reg. 11(3) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/940), regs. 1(2), 4(3)(a)
- F20
Sum in Reg. 11(3)(a) substituted (6.7.2022) by National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Act 2022 (c. 16), s. 1(3)(a)(4)
- F21
Sum in Reg. 11(3)(b) substituted (6.7.2022) by National Insurance Contributions (Increase of Thresholds) Act 2022 (c. 16), s. 1(3)(b)(4)
- F22
Reg. 11(3A) inserted (6.4.2011) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/940), regs. 1(2), 4(4)
- F23
Sum in Reg. 11(3A)(a) substituted (3.4.2025 for the tax year 2025-26) by National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 (c. 11), s. 2(3)(a)
- F24
Sum in Reg. 11(3A)(b) substituted (3.4.2025 for the tax year 2025-26) by National Insurance Contributions (Secondary Class 1 Contributions) Act 2025 (c. 11), s. 2(3)(b)
- F25
Reg. 11(3B) inserted (6.4.2015) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/577), regs. 1, 4(d)
- F26
Sum in Reg. 11(3B)(a) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(i)
- F27
Sum in Reg. 11(3B)(b) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(ii)
- F28
Reg. 11(3C) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(d)
- F29
Sum in Reg. 11(3C)(a) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(i)
- F30
Sum in Reg. 11(3C)(b) substituted (6.4.2021) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Rates, Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/157), regs. 1, 6(3)(a)(ii)
- F31
Reg. 11(4) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(7)
- F32
Words in reg. 11(4) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/940), regs. 1(2), 4(5)
- F33
Words in reg. 11(4) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/577), regs. 1, 4(e)
- F34
Words in reg. 11(4) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(e)
- F35
Words in reg. 11(5) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/111), regs. 1, 3(8)
- F36
Words in reg. 11(5) substituted (6.4.2011) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/940), regs. 1(2), 4(6)
- F37
Words in reg. 11(5) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/577), regs. 1, 4(f)
- F38
Words in reg. 11(5) substituted (6.4.2016) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Limits and Thresholds Amendments and National Insurance Funds Payments) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/343), regs. 1, 5(f)
- F39
Reg. 11(6) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/352), regs. 1, 10(d) (with reg. 20)
Notes on the whole SI
Textual amendments
- F1
See sections 3(2) and (5), 4(5) and (6), 116, 117, 118, 119 and 120 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (“the Act”) as amended respectively by paragraphs 3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the Transfer Act”). The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) were transferred to the Department for Social Development by Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481).
- F2
See section 176(2)(b) of the Act.