The Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

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"the principal Regulations" means the Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000[2];

"intermediary" has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the principal Regulations;

"worker" has the meaning given in regulation 6(1)(a) of the principal Regulations.

Amendment of the principal Regulations
     3. The principal Regulations are amended as follows.

     4. In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) omit the definition of "business".

     5. In regulation 6(1)(a) for "for the purposes of a business carried on by another person" substitute "for another person".

     6.  - (1) Amend regulation 7 as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1) - 

(a) in Step Two for "under Schedule E" substitute "as employment income under ITEPA 2003[3]"; and

(b) in Step Three - 


(i) for "the Taxes Act" substitute "ITEPA 2003";

(ii) for "emoluments of the employment" substitute "taxable earnings of the employment, within the meaning of section 10 of ITEPA 2003, in accordance with section 327(3) to (5) of that Act"; and

(iii) for "those emoluments" substitute " those earnings";



(c) in Step Four for "under section 27 of the Capital Allowances Act 1990 (plant and machinery: extension of allowances to employments etc)" substitute "under Part 2 of the Capital Allowances Act 2001[4] (plant and machinery allowances) by virtue of section 15(1)(i) of that Act (which provides that employment is a qualifying activity for the purposes of that Part)".

    (3) In paragraph (5) for the words from "section 202B of the Taxes Act" to the end of the paragraph substitute "sections 18 and 19 of ITEPA 2003, subject to the qualification that the worker shall not be treated, by virtue of Rule 2 in section 18, as receiving a payment prior to the time of its actual receipt.".

    (4) In paragraph (8)(b)[5] for "section 197AF of the Taxes Act" substitute "section 231 of ITEPA 2003".

    (5) In paragraph (10)[6] - 

(a) for "under Schedule E" substitute "as employment income under ITEPA 2003"; and

(b) for "section 197AD or 197AE of the Taxes Act" substitute "section 229 or 233 of ITEPA 2003".

Transitional provision
     7.  - (1) This regulation applies for the purposes of the tax year 2003-04 ("the relevant year") in the case of a worker to whom the principal Regulations apply only by virtue of the amendment made by regulation 5 of these Regulations.

    (2) For the purposes of the relevant year regulation 7(1) of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if - 

(a) for "a tax year" there were substituted "the relevant period";

(b) for each of the references to "in that year" there were substituted "in that period";

(c) in Step Six for "for that year" there were substituted "for the relevant period"; and

(d) at the end there were added - 

" In this paragraph "the relevant period" means the period beginning with 1st September 2003 and ending with 5th April 2004.".

    (3) Paragraph (4) applies for the purpose of the relevant year in the case of a worker who is not a director of the intermediary through which services are provided under the arrangements.

    (4) Where this paragraph applies, regulation 8(2) of the principal Regulations shall have effect as if - 

(a) for "the year concerned" there were substituted "the relevant period";

(b) for "during that year" there were substituted "during that period"; and

(c) at the end there were added - 

" In this paragraph "the relevant period" has the same meaning as in regulation 7(1).".

Jim Murphy

Joan Ryan
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

11th August



The Secretary of State concurs.



Signed by authority of the Secretary of State.


Malcolm Wicks
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions

[2] S.I. 2000/727, amended by S.I. 2002/703.back

[3] I.e. the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 c. 1: a definition of "ITEPA 2003" was inserted into section 122(1) of the 1992 Act by paragraph 178(2) of Schedule 6 to that Act.back

[4] 2001 c. 2.back

[5] Paragraph 8 was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2002/703.back

[6] Paragraph 10 was inserted by regulation 5 of S.I. 2002/703.back