Part 3CONDITIONS OF ENTITLEMENT RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS

Treatment of persons as employees

14.—(1) A person is treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act (despite not falling within the definition of “employee” in section 171ZZ24(2) of that Act) where, and in so far as, that person is treated as an employed earner by virtue of the Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978(1)(“the 1978 Regulations”).

(2) A person is not to be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act (despite falling within the definition of “employee” in section 171ZZ24(2) of that Act) where, and in so far as, that person is not treated as an employed earner by virtue of the 1978 Regulations.

(3) Paragraphs (1) and (2) have effect in relation to a person who—

(a)is under the age of 16, and

(b)would, or as the case may be, would not have been treated as an employed earner by virtue of the 1978 Regulations had they been over that age,

as they have effect in relation to a person who is, or as the case may be, is not treated as an employed earner by virtue of those Regulations.

(4) A person is treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act (despite not falling within the definition of “employee” in section 171ZZ24(2) of that Act) where that person is in employed earner’s employment under a contract of apprenticeship.

(5) A person is not to be treated as an employee for the purposes of Part 12ZE of the 1992 Act (despite falling within the definition of “employee” in section 171ZZ24(2) of that Act) where that person is in employed earner’s employment but that person’s employer—

(a)does not fulfil the conditions prescribed in regulation 145(1) of the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001(2) in so far as that provision relates to residence or presence in Great Britain, or

(b)is a person who, by reason of any international treaty to which the United Kingdom is a party or of any international convention binding the United Kingdom—

(i)is exempt from the provisions of the 1992 Act, or

(ii)is a person against whom the provisions of the 1992 Act are not enforceable.