S.I. No. 141/1969:

SOCIAL WELFARE (TREATMENT BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TREATMENT BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

The Minister for Social Welfare in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 and subsections (1) and (2) of section 25 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby makes the following Regulations :--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.

(2) The Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1960 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1969.

2. The Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1954 ) as amended by the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 126 of 1960 ) shall be amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of sub-article (1) of article 10 of the following paragraph--

" (a) ' insurance ' and ' employment contributions ' include (in addition to the meaning assigned to the latter expression by section 5 of the Act) insurance outside the State and employment contributions paid or credited outside the State being insurance and employment contributions which are treated or, in the case of a person who following his last arrival in the State is employed in insurable employment or who while resident in the State is employed in Northern Ireland, which may be treated as insurance and employment contributions in pursuance of any reciprocal arrangements under the Act relating to disability benefit and maternity benefit; ".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 23rd day of July, 1969.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1960, so as to provide that in the case of a person who while resident here is employed in Northern Ireland, insurance in that area and employment contributions paid or credited in that area, being insurance and employment contributions which may be treated as insurance and employment contributions in pursuance of any reciprocal arrangements relating to disability benefit or maternity benefit, shall be taken into account in determining whether the contribution conditions for treatment benefit are fulfilled.