S.I. No. 89/1967:

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1967.

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1967.

I, JOSEPH BRENNAN, Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 7 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1967.

(2) The Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1965, and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1967.

2. In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1953 ).

3. Article 3 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after the definition of " the Act " of the following definition:--

" ' the Act of 1966 ' means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 , (No. 16 of 1966); ".

4. Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the addition to sub-article (1) thereof of the following proviso:--

" Provided that an employment contribution shall not be so credited where the insured person has never been an employed contributor by virtue of section 4 of the Act."

5. Article 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion therein after sub-article (2) (inserted by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1955 (No. 215 of 1955)) of the following sub-article:--

" (3) Employment contributions paid in respect of an insured person by virtue of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 36 of the Act of 1966 shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this article."

6. Article 10 of the Principal Regulations shall be deleted and the following substituted therefor:--

" 10. (1) Subject to sub-article (2) of this article, an employment contribution shall be credited to an insured person in respect of each complete contribution week from the beginning of the contribution year last preceding that in which his entry into insurance occurred, up to the date of such entry into insurance.

(2) An employment contribution shall not be credited under sub-article (1) of this article to a person who becomes an insured person by virtue only of becoming an employed contributor under section 36 of the Act of 1966, but in any such case where the insured person subsequently becomes an employed contributor by virtue of section 4 of the Act, he shall have an employment contribution credited to him in respect of each complete contribution week from the beginning of the contribution year last preceding that in which he first becomes an employed contributor by virtue of the said section 4 up to the date of his first becoming such an employed contributor."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 28th day of April, 1967.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the existing Social Welfare (Contribution) Regulations, 1953 to 1965 which deal with, inter alia, the crediting of employment contributions in respect of periods of unemployment and incapacity for work and periods prior to entry into insurance. The amendments enable a person who becomes insured for occupational injury purposes only under Section 36 of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966), to preserve his rights to credited contributions under the existing regulations.