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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-12/paragraph-86",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/30",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/86",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (supplementary provisions relating to contributions) is amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (5).\n(2) For “earnings threshold” (wherever occurring) substitute “ secondary threshold ”.\n(3) For “lower earnings limit” (wherever occurring) substitute “ primary threshold ”.\n(4) Omit sub-paragraphs (4) and (5).\n(5) After sub-paragraph (9) add—\n“(10) In relation to earners paid otherwise than weekly, any reference in this paragraph to—\n(a) the primary or the secondary threshold, or\n(b) the upper earnings limit,\nshall be construed as a reference to the equivalent of that threshold or limit prescribed under section 5(4) above.”\n(6) In paragraph 6 of that Schedule—\n(a) in sub-paragraph (5), for “section 155A” substitute “ section 4A, 155A ”; and\n(b) in sub-paragraph (6), after “relating” insert “ to relevant payments or benefits within the meaning of section 4A above or (as the case may be) ”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    },
    {
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/schedule/12/paragraph/86",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:37.576921+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}