Section 171ZZ23 — Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992: Special classes of person

Special classes of person 171ZZ23 1 The Secretary of State may with the concurrence of the Treasury make regulations modifying any provision of this Part in such manner as the Secretary of State thinks proper in its application to any person who is, has been or is to be—

a employed on board any ship, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft;

b outside Great Britain at any prescribed time or in any prescribed circumstances; or c in prescribed employment in connection with continental shelf operations, as defined in section 120(2).

2 Regulations under subsection (1) may, in particular, provide—

a for any provision of this Part to apply to any such person, notwithstanding that it would not otherwise apply;

b for any such provision not to apply to any such person, notwithstanding that it would otherwise apply;

c for excepting any such person from the application of any such provision where the person neither is domiciled nor has a place of residence in any part of Great Britain;

d for the taking of evidence, for the purposes of the determination of any question arising under any such provision, in a country or territory outside Great Britain, by a British consular official or such other person as may be determined in accordance with the regulations.