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(1) This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997.
(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly.
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For the purposes of section 41 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (amount of minimum contributions) the appropriate age-related percentages in respect of earners in the tax years 1997-98 to 2001-02 are those specified in the table in the Schedule by reference to their ages on the last day of the preceding tax year.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on .
W. G. Purdy
Assistant Secretary
4th April 1996
SCHEDULE
Article 2

Age on last day of preceding tax year Appropriate age-related percentages for the tax year
 1997-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002
15 3·4 3·4 3·4 3·4 3·4
16 3·4 3·4 3·4 3·4 3·4
17 3·5 3·5 3·5 3·5 3·5
18 3·5 3·5 3·5 3·5 3·5
19 3·6 3·6 3·6 3·6 3·6
20 3·6 3·6 3·6 3·6 3·6
21 3·7 3·7 3·7 3·7 3·7
22 3·7 3·7 3·7 3·7 3·7
23 3·8 3·8 3·8 3·8 3·8
24 3·8 3·8 3·8 3·8 3·8
25 3·9 3·9 3·9 3·9 3·9
26 3·9 3·9 3·9 3·9 3·9
27 4·0 4·0 4·0 4·0 4·0
28 4·0 4·0 4·0 4·0 4·0
29 4·1 4·1 4·1 4·1 4·1
30 4·2 4·2 4·2 4·2 4·2
31 4·2 4·2 4·2 4·2 4·2
32 4·3 4·3 4·3 4·3 4·3
33 4·3 4·3 4·3 4·3 4·3
34 4·4 4·4 4·4 4·4 4·4
35 4·5 4·4 4·4 4·5 4·5
36 4·7 4·6 4·5 4·5 4·5
37 4·9 4·8 4·7 4·6 4·6
38 5·0 4·9 4·8 4·7 4·6
39 5·2 5·1 5·0 4·9 4·8
40 5·4 5·3 5·2 5·1 5·0
41 5·6 5·5 5·4 5·3 5·1
42 6·0 5·7 5·6 5·4 5·3
43 6·7 6·1 5·8 5·6 5·5
44 7·4 6·8 6·2 5·9 5·7
45 8·2 7·5 6·8 6·3 5·9
46 9·0 8·3 7·6 6·9 6·4
47 9·0 9·0 8·4 7·7 7·0
48 9·0 9·0 9·0 8·6 7·8
49 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 8.7
50 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
51 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
 52 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
53 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
54 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
55 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
56 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
57 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
58 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
59 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
60 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
61 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
62 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0
63 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0 9·0