National Insurance Contributions Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:15 pm on 21 October 2014.
Shabana Mahmood
Shadow Minister (Treasury)
Clause 2 would provide the power to
“make consequential, incidental or supplementary provision in connection with the provision made in Schedule 1.”
That includes enabling regulations made by statutory instrument under the clause to modify any provision in primary or secondary legislation and to make different provisions for different cases or classes. It would be helpful if the Minister could set out the type of technical changes envisaged in the clause.
David Gauke
The Financial Secretary to the Treasury
It is expected that this power will be used to update references in legislation—for example, references to new section 11, which has different numbering from its predecessor. Minor changes follow from the reform of class 2 NICS in the Bill, such as changes to the due dates for payment of class 2 NICS for benefit purposes. The draft regulations have been provided to the Committee. Therefore, more information has been provided on what to expect.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
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