INFORMATION FOR APPRENTICE & CONDITIONAL JOCKEYS
If you are engaged as a Conditional or Apprentice Jockey by a Trainer, no matter at what stage you are able to claim allowances, then you must be treated by that Trainer as an employee under the rules of the PAYE regime. A Conditional or Apprentice Jockey cannot have self employed status because:
1. It is a breach of the Rules of Racing.
2. It is a breach of the contractual term of the Jockey's licence and agreement.
3. It is a failure to comply with the conditions endorsed by you on the registration of stable employees application form.
4. The agreement between the BHA, Inland Revenue and the Professional Jockeys' Association on the taxation of Jockeys is that Conditional or Apprentice Jockeys are regarded by the Inland Revenue as employees of the Trainer for whom they ride.
5. If he/she is self employed then he/she loses his/her entitlement to Statutory Sick Pay and is only able to claim Employment and Support Allowance, which in turn affects his/her entitlement to claim against the Professional Riders' Insurance Scheme (PRIS). This could have the effect of a loss of income.
6. Self employed Jockeys are not entitled to make a claim against the Industry Disablement Benefit Scheme (RIABS), whereas the Grade 1 employed Jockey, which covers the majority of Conditional and Apprentice Jockeys can make a claim, this can therefore, be considered another severe loss of income.
Failure to abide by these instructions or for those of you who are currently self-employed, failure to revert back to employed status, would be treated as a very serious offence by the Disciplinary Panel of the BHA and would, in all probability, result in you and your Trainer having to appear at The BHA.
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