# The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001, Paragraph 28: Succession to a business, etc

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This paragraph applies where there has been a change in the employer from whom an employee receives ... earnings in respect of his employment in any trade, business, concern or undertaking, or in connection with any property, or from whom an employee receives any annuity other than a pension.
(2) Where this paragraph applies, in relation to any matter arising after the change, the employer after the change shall be liable to do anything which the employer before the change would have been liable to do under this Schedule if the change had not taken place.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) is subject to the qualification that the employer after the change shall not be liable for the payment of any earnings-related contributions which were deductible from emoluments paid to the employee before, unless they are also deductible from emoluments paid to the employee after, the change took place, or of any corresponding employer’s earnings-related contributions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1004/schedule/4/paragraph/28 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-regulations-2001/schedule-4/paragraph-28
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