National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Bill
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Inland Revenue, are published
separately as Bill 2—EN.
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer has made the following statement under
section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:
In my view the provisions of the National Insurance Contributions and
Statutory Payments Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.
Contents
Payment of Class 1 contributions
1
Payment of Class 1 contributions: Great Britain
2
Payment of Class 1 contributions: Northern Ireland
3
Agreements and joint elections: Great Britain
4
Agreements and joint elections: Northern Ireland
Method of recovery of contributions etc
5
Recovery of contributions, etc: Great Britain
6
Recovery of contributions, etc: Northern Ireland
Provision of information
7
Class 1, 1A, 1B or 2 contributions: powers to call for documents etc: Great
Britain
8
Class 1, 1A, 1B or 2 contributions: powers to call for documents etc: Northern
Ireland
Statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay
9
Compliance regime for statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay: Great
10
Compliance regime for statutory sick pay and statutory maternity pay:
Northern Ireland
Miscellaneous and general
11
Minor and consequential amendments
12
Repeals and revocations
13
Commencement
14
Extent
15
Short title
Schedule 1 —
iv
Schedule 2 —
Part 1 —
Repeals
Part 2 —
Revocations