11.— (1) Section 227 of the Principal Act is amended in the definition of “weekly family income” —

(a) by deleting paragraph (d), and

(b) by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (g) (amended by section 22 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008):

“(g) any contribution payable under Part 18D of the Act of 1997 and known as universal social charge.”.

(2) Part 4 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended in Rule 1(2)(b)(v)(I) (amended by section 24 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008) by substituting the following sub-clauses for sub-clauses (A) to (C):

“(A) any allowable contribution referred to in Regulations 41 and 42 of the Income Tax (Employments) (Consolidated) Regulations 2001 (S.I. No. 559 of 2001), and

(B) any amount deducted from reckonable earnings under section 13 and regulations made under section 14, and”.