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The Secretary of State must, by regulations, introduce a scheme of Statutory Self-
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(2)
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The scheme must make provision for payments to be made out of public funds to
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(3)
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The payments to be made in subsection (2) are to be set so that the net monthly
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earnings of an individual specified in subsection (2) do not fall below—
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(i)
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80 per cent of their monthly net earnings, averaged over the last three
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(4)
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No payment to be made under subsection (2) shall exceed £2,917 per month.
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(5)
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A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to
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annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
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Member’s explanatory statement
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The purpose of this amendment is to make the Government ‘top up’ self-employed workers’
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earnings to the lower of 80% of their net monthly earnings averaged over three years, or £2,917
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