# The Social Security (National Insurance Credits) Amendment Regulations 2007, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend three sets of regulations—
(a) the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 (S.I.1975/556) so that certain claimants—
(i) previously entitled to incapacity benefit as a result of satisfying the contribution condition referred to in paragraph 2(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c.4); or
(ii) who wish to satisfy the condition referred to in paragraph 5(3)(a) of Schedule 3 to that Act for a retirement pension or in section 2 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18) for contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance,
and whose National Insurance contributions record had previously contained earnings credited by virtue of official error deriving from a failure to transpose correctly certain information from the Department for Work and Pensions’ computer system to Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs’ computer system (NIRS2) will be credited with earnings to enable them to be entitled to incapacity benefit, a retirement pension or a contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance (regulation 2);
(b) the Social Security and Child Support (Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1999 (S.I.1999/991) so that decisions to award retirement pensions, contribution-based jobseeker’s allowance, incapacity benefit and bereavement benefits, need not be revised for the official error referred to above (regulation 3);
(c) the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations 2001 (S.I.2001/769) so that certain Class 2 and Class 3 contributions which may have been paid after the due date as a result of official error but less than six years after the end of the year in which they were advised of the error, are to be treated as paid on the day on which they are paid so as to give rise to entitlement to contributory benefits (regulation 4).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2582/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-national-insurance-credits-amendment-regulations-2007/note
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