Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 20 of Principal Act (self-employed contributors and insured persons)

32. Section 20(1) of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) every person—

(i) over the age of 16 years and under pensionable age, or

(ii) born on or after 1 January 1958, who has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),

(not being a person included in any of the classes of person specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1) who has reckonable income or reckonable emoluments, shall be a self-employed contributor for the purposes of this Act regardless of whether the person is also an employed contributor,”.