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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 and shall come into operation for the purposes of—
(a) regulations 1 and 2, on 1st April 1999;
(b) regulations 3 and 4, on 6th April 1999.
(2) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979.
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In regulation 44 of the principal Regulations (application for allocation of national insurance number) for “to the Department” there shall be substituted “either to the Department or to the Inland Revenue”.
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In Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (application of Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1973 to earnings-related contributions, Class 1A contributions and Class 1B contributions) in Regulation 26A(3) (payment of earnings-related contributions quarterly by employer) for “£600” there shall be substituted “£1,000”.
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Regulation 2(2) of the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 is hereby revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland on
Bryan Davis
Assistant Secretary
24th March 1999.The Commissioners of Inland Revenue hereby concur.
Nick Montagu
S. C. T. Matheson
Two of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue
25th March 1999