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The Social Security (Employment Training: Payments) Order 1988

S.I. 1988/1409 · Made 8 August 1988 · Extends to United Kingdom

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SOCIAL SECURITY

Made 8th August 1988

Laid before Parliament 12th August 1988

Coming into force 4th September 1988

The Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 26(1)(d), (2) and (4) of the Employment Act 1988(M1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1988 c. 19; paragraph (4) of section 26 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “enactment”.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Employment Training: Payments) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 4th September 1988.

(2)

In this Order, “Class 1 contributions”, “primary Class 1 contributions”, “secondary Class 1 contributions” and “Class 2 contributions” shall have the same meanings as in the Social Security Act 1975(M1).

2Treatment of payments for purposes of the Social Security Act 1975

No primary or secondary Class 1 contributions shall be payable, and no person shall be liable to pay Class 1 or Class 2 contributions, in respect of payments to any person in receipt of a training premium under provision made under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973(M1;) F1or section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, being payments under provision made under F2either of those sections in connection with his use of facilities provided in pursuance of arrangements, known by the name of Employment Training, under either of those sections; and Part I (Contributions) of the Social Security Act 1975 shall be modified accordingly.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Social Security

Nicholas Scott

Minister of State,

Department of Social Security

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under section 26 of the Employment Act 1988 (c. 19), modifiesPart I of the Social Security Act 1975 (c. 14), which makes provision as to National Insurance contributions.

Article 2 provides that payments made to persons undergoing Employment Training who are in receipt of a training premium shall not attract liability to pay Class 1 orClass 2 contributions.