Regulation 119 Modification of section 9(2) of the Act
As respects earnings paid to or for the benefit of a mariner for employment as such in any employment specified in paragraph (2), being employment which by virtue of regulation 118 is treated as employed earner’s employment, from the figure specified as the secondary percentage in section 9(2) of the Act F1 there shall be subtracted 0.5 per cent and section 9 of the Act shall be modified accordingly.
The employment referred to in paragraph (1) is employment as a master or member of the crew of a ship where—
the employment is on a foreign-going ship and the payment of earnings is exclusively in respect of that employment; or
the employment is partly on a foreign-going ship and partly otherwise than on such a ship and the payment of earnings in respect of that employment is made during the employment on the foreign-going ship.
In this regulation the word “employment” includes any period of leave, other than leave for the purpose of study, accruing from the employment.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Section 9 was substituted by paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform Act.
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.