Social
Security (Contributions) (Jersey) Amendment Order 2025
Made 15 April 2025
Coming into
force 22 April 2025
1 Social Security (Contributions) (Jersey) Order
1975 amended
This Order amends the Social Security
(Contributions) (Jersey) Order 1975.
2 Article A1
(interpretation) amended
In Article A1(1),
the definition “below compulsory school age” is deleted.
3 Article 10 (full-time
education) amended
In Article 10 –
(a) in paragraph (3),
for “For every month during which an insured person is excepted from liability
to pay a contribution under paragraph (1), up to a total of 36 months” there is
substituted “Subject to paragraphs (3A) and (3B), for every month during
which an insured person is excepted from liability to pay a contribution under
paragraph (1)”;
(b) after paragraph (3)
there is inserted –
(3A) The
maximum number of months ending before 1 April 2025 in respect of which Class 2
contributions may be credited to an insured person is 36.
(3B) The
maximum number of months beginning on or after 1 April 2025 in respect of which
Class 2 contributions may be credited to an insured person is –
where C is the number of months ending before 1 April 2025 in
respect of which Class 2 contributions have been credited to them.
(3C) A
Class 2 contribution credited to an insured person under paragraph (3)
in respect of a month beginning on or after 1 April 2025 is taken into account only
for the purposes of survivor’s benefit, incapacity pension, old age pension,
home carer’s allowance and death grant.
4 Article 14 (home
responsibilities credits) amended
In Article 14 –
(a) for the heading there is
substituted “Persons with care of pre-school child”;
(b) for paragraph (11) there
is substituted –
(11) A
contribution credited to a person under paragraph (2) in respect of any
period during which they have the full-time care of a child of the family who
is below compulsory school age is taken into account only for the purposes of survivor’s
benefit, incapacity pension, old age pension, home carer’s allowance and death
grant.
(12) A
contribution credited to a person under paragraph (2) in respect of any
period during which they have the full-time care of a child of the family who has
not reached the cut-off age is taken into account for the purposes of the benefits mentioned in paragraph (11) and parental
allowance.
(13) But
a contribution is only taken into account for the purposes of parental
allowance under paragraph (12) if the contribution is credited in respect
of a month beginning –
(a) on or after 1 July 2024;
and
(b) no earlier than 15 months
before the beginning of the month in which the Minister receives the insured
person’s application under Article 16A(1) for an exception under paragraph (1).
5 Citation and
commencement
This Order may be cited as the Social Security (Contributions)
(Jersey) Amendment Order 2025 and comes into force 7 days after it is made.
Deputy L.V. Feltham of St. Helier Central
Minister for Social Security