Social Welfare Act, 1996

PART III

Social Insurance Contributions

Employment contributions (new rates of contributions and increases in earnings ceilings).

8.—(1) Section 10 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (1) (b) of “£80” for “£50”(inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1995),

(b) the substitution in subsection (1) (c) of “£22,300” for “£21,500” (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1995),

(c) the substitution in subsection (1) (d) (inserted by section 7 of the Act of 1994) of—

(i) “8.5 per cent.” for “9 per cent.”,

(ii) “12 per cent.” for “12.2 per cent.”, and

(iii) “£250” for “£231” (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1995) in both places where it occurs,

(d) the substitution in subsection (1) (e) of “£26,800” for “£25,800” (inserted by section 7 of the Act of 1994), and

(e) the deletion of subsection (7).

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1996.