
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 13th October 2003.
2 
The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978 are amended as follows.
3 
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) insert at the appropriate places—“
 “category A, B, C or D waters” has the meaning given in the Merchant Shipping (Categorisation of Waters) Regulations 1992;”;“
 “mariner” has the meaning given in regulation 115 of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001;”.
4 

(1) Renumber regulation 5 as paragraph (1) of that regulation.
(2) After paragraph (1) so formed add—“
(2) Paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 applies to mariners notwithstanding anything in regulations 122 and 124(1) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001.”.
5 
In paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 (personal service of person employed made available to a host employer) in the entry in Column (A) add at the end—“Where the employment is as a mariner, this paragraph only applies where the duties of the employment are performed wholly or mainly in category A, B, C or D waters.”.
Nick Ainger
Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
18th September 2003