{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1004",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Multiple employers",
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) an employer has made an election under regulation 98 of the PAYE Regulations to be treated as a different employer in respect of each group of employees specified in the election, and\n(b) no improper purpose notice has been given, or if one has been given it has been withdrawn,\nhe shall be treated as having made an identical election for the purposes of this Schedule.\n(2) In this paragraph an “improper purpose notice” is a notice issued to the employer stating that it appears to the Inland Revenue that the election is made wholly or mainly for an improper purpose within the meaning of regulation 99(2) of the PAYE Regulations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 2(2) substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 30(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1004/schedule/4/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:54:35.441483+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}