Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 1992 Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992^f1;

• “the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for HMRC;

• “contributions payments” has the same meaning as in Article 8 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002;

• “HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

• “income tax month” means the period beginning on the 6th day of any calendar month and ending on the 5th day of the following calendar month;

• “income tax quarter” means the period beginning on—

  1. (a)

     the 6th day of April and ending on the 5th day of July;

  2. (b)

     the 6th day of July and ending on the 5th day of October;

  3. (c)

     the 6th day of October and ending on the 5th day of January;

  4. (d)

     the 6th day of January and ending on the 5th day of April;

• “statutory parental bereavement pay” means statutory parental bereavement pay payable in accordance with the provisions of Part 12ZD of the 1992 Act^f2;

• “tax year” means the 12 months beginning with 6th April in any year;

• “writing” includes writing delivered by means of electronic communications to the extent that the electronic communications are approved by the directions issued by the Commissioners pursuant to regulations under section 132 of the Finance Act 1999^f3.

Any reference in these Regulations to the employees of an employer includes the employer’s former employees^f4.