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The Social Security (Employed Earners' Employments for Industrial Injuries Purposes) Amendment Regulations 1984

S.I. 1984/303 · Made 7 March 1984

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 7th March 1984

Laid before Parliament 15th March 1984

Coming into Operation 6th April 1984

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 51(2) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement with the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council that proposals to make these regulations should not be referred to itf1, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See Social Security Act 1975, section 141(2)(b) as substituted by Social Security Act 1981 (c. 33), Schedule 2, paragraph 2.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, interpretation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, interpretation and commencement

These regulations, which may be cited as the Social Security (Employed Earners' Employments for Industrial Injuries Purposes) Amendment Regulations 1984, amend the Social Security (Employed Earners' Employments for Industrial Injuries Purposes) Regulations 1975f1 (hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”) and shall come into operation on 6th April 1984.

2Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations

In paragraph 4 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations (employments not to be treated as employed earners' employments for industrial injuries purposes) after the word “where” there shall be inserted the following words—

“there is a liability for contributions under the Act of 1975 arising from such employment and”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Services.

Rhodes Boyson

Minister of State

Department of Health and Social Security

7th March 1984

Explanatory note

These Regulations further amend the Social Security (Employed Earners' Employments for Industrial Injuries Purposes) Regulations 1975 in respect of employment as a member of any international headquarters or defence organisation designated under section 1 of the International Headquarters and Defence Organisations Act 1964 (c. 5). Under the 1975 Regulations such employment is not treated for the purposes of industrial injuries benefit as being employed earner's employment except where the person in that employment is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom. These Regulations amend the exception by inserting a requirement that such employment should be liable for contributions under the Social Security Act 1975.