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2024 No. 187
SOCIAL SECURITY
The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Made
21st February 2024
Laid before Parliament
22nd February 2024
Coming into force
14th March 2024
The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(2) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 3(2) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now exercisable by them.
Propose a change1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 and come into force on 14th March 2024.
Propose a change2 Amendment of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001
In Part 10 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (payments to be disregarded in the calculation of earnings for the purposes of earnings-related contributions), after paragraph 27 insert—
Group Litigation Order nominated individual compensation payments, onward payments of Post Office compensation payments, Post Office Process Review Scheme compensation payments and Suspension Remuneration Review compensation payments
28 (1) A payment made by the Department for Business and Trade to a nominated individual under the Group Litigation Order compensation scheme.
(2) A payment that is a relevant onward payment of a—
(a) Group Litigation Order compensation scheme payment,
(b) Horizon Shortfall Scheme top-up payment made to a recipient of a compensation payment from the Horizon Shortfall Scheme for the purpose of topping-up that compensation payment to account for sums lost to tax,
(c) Suspension Remuneration Review compensation payment, or
(d) Post Office Process Review Scheme compensation payment.
(3) A payment made by Post Office Limited under the Post Office Process Review Scheme.
(4) A payment (including any top-up payment) made by Post Office Limited under the Suspension Remuneration Review.
(5) In this paragraph—
“Group Litigation Order compensation scheme” means the scheme announced by His Majesty’s Government on 22 March 2022 with the objective of ensuring that persons who were party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order have access to compensation for losses related to that system;
“Horizon Shortfall Scheme” has the same meaning as in paragraph 27(2);
“the Horizon system” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“nominated individual” means any person who was a shareholder or a director of a company or a partner in a partnership which ceased to exist and was a party to a claim against Post Office Limited in respect of the Horizon system that was subject to a group litigation order;
“Post Office Limited” has the same meaning as in paragraph 26(3);
“Post Office Process Review Scheme” means the review established by Post Office Limited to provide redress to postmasters who were financially impacted by previous processes or policies in relation to balance discrepancies unrelated to the Horizon system;
“relevant onward payment” means a payment made by a company who receives a compensation payment, to an individual who is or was a director or employee of the company and it is reasonable to conclude from the circumstances that the payment is made by the company to the individual for the purpose of passing on all or part of the compensation payment to the individual;
“Suspension Remuneration Review” means the review established by Post Office Limited to provide redress to postmasters contracted to deliver Post Office services through branches who were suspended before March 2019 and did not receive remuneration during their period of suspension.
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