Social
Security Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 2024
Made 11th June 2024
Coming into
force 18th June 2024
1 Social Security (Jersey)
Law 1974
This Part amends the Social Security
(Jersey) Law 1974.
2 Article 8 (Class 2
contributions) amended
In Article 8 –
(a) in paragraphs (1),
(2) and (3) for “shall be” there is substituted “are”;
(b) in paragraph (2) –
(i) “who apply to do so and” is deleted,
(ii) for “such conditions as
may be prescribed” there is substituted “the prescribed conditions”.
3 Article 10 (exceptions
from liability and crediting of contributions) substituted
For Article 10 there
is substituted –
“10 Exceptions from liability and credits of contributions
(1) The
Minister may prescribe, for an insured person, exceptions from liability for
contributions of any class.
(2) The
Minister may prescribe the duration of exceptions, the circumstances in which
they apply and provide for their retrospective application.
(3) The
Minister may prescribe the crediting of contributions to an insured person
if –
(a) the purpose of the credit
is to safeguard that person’s or another person’s future entitlement to
benefit; and
(b) in relation to Class 1 or
Class 2 contributions, the credits do not result in a sum exceeding the
standard contribution being paid into the Social Security Fund.”.
4 Citation and
commencement
These Regulations may be
cited as the Social Security Law (Jersey) Amendment Regulations 2024 and come
into force 7 days after they are made.