Regulation 2 Amendment of the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations
In regulation 9 of the Social Security (Crediting and Treatment of Contributions, and National Insurance Numbers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001f1 (application for allocation of national insurance number)—
after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A)An application under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a document of a description specified for the time being in Part 1 or Part 2, except paragraph 1(a) of Part 2, of the Schedule to the Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2004f2.”; and
after paragraph (3) add—
“(4)Where a person—
(a)qualifies for a loan made in accordance with regulations made under Article 3 of the Education (Student Support) (Northern Ireland) Order 1998f3 (new arrangements for giving financial support to students) in connection with an academic year beginning on or after 1st September 2007; and
(b)has been required as a condition of entitlement to payment of the loan to provide his national insurance number,
he shall, unless he has already been allocated a national insurance number, apply to the Department or the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for one to be allocated to him, and the Department or, as the case may be, the Commissioners may direct how the application is to be made.”.
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
- f2
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S.I. 2004/755; Part 1 of the Schedule was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to S.I. 2006/1003
- f3
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S.I. 1998/1760 (N.I. 14); Article 3 was amended by section 147(3) of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (c. 21), paragraph 238 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), section 147(4) of the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) and Article 12(2) and (3) of the Higher Education (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1116 (N.I.5))