Social Welfare (Amendment of Miscellaneous Social Insurance Provisions) Regulations, 1986

JurisdictionIreland
Year1986
CitationIR SI 81/1986

S.I. No. 81 of 1986.

SOCIAL WELFARE (AMENDMENT OF MISCELLANEOUS SOCIAL INSURANCE PROVISIONS) REGULATIONS, 1986.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 3, 7(1)(a), 11(1)(a), 38(10), 42, 48, 61, 112, 129 and 130 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981), hereby makes the following Regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Amendment of Miscellaneous Social Insurance Provisions) Regulations, 1986.

PART I VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS

2. Where in the contribution year which commenced on the 6th day of April, 1985 a voluntary contributor had no reckonable income or where such income did not exceed the sum of £3,560, in determining the amount of a voluntary contribution to be paid by such contributor in the contribution year commencing on the 6th day of April, 1986, the amount of his income shall be taken to be £3,560.

3. This Part shall be construed as one with the Social Welfare (Voluntary Contributors) Regulations, 1979 and 1984 and with Part I of the Social Welfare (Amendment of Miscellaneous Social Insurance Provisions) Regulations, 1985 ( S.I. No. 101 of 1985 ).

PART II OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES CONTRIBUTIONS

4. Article 7(3) of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 87 of 1979 ) as amended by the Social Welfare (Amendment of Miscellaneous Social Insurance Provisions) Regulations, 1984 ( S.I. No. 90 of 1984 ) is hereby amended by the substitution in paragraphs 3(a) and (b) of "0.14 per cent" for "0.13 per cent".

5. This part shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1986.

PART III OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES BENEFIT

6. In this part—

"the Act of 1981" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981);

"the Act of 1986" means the Social Welfare Act, 1986 (No. 8 of 1986);

"the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1967 );

"the Regulations of 1952" means the Social Welfare (Claims and Payments) Regulations, 1952 ( S.I. No. 374 of 1952 );

"the Regulations of 1953" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 );

"the Regulations of 1979" means the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1979 ( S.I. No. 87 of 1979 ).

7. (1) The Principal Regulations are hereby amended—

( a ) by the deletion from sub-article (2) of article 4 of "subject to the provisions of section 25 of the Act,";

( b ) by the deletion of article 8;

( c ) (i) by the substitution in sub-article (2) of article 10 for paragraph (a) of—

"(a) If the assessment in respect of which such pension is payable to him amounts to not less than one hundred per cent, such person shall not be entitled to receive any disablement gratuity in respect of such other accident,";

(ii) by the deletion, in sub-article (2) of article 10, of paragraph (b);

(iii) by the deletion, in sub-article 3 of article 10, of paragraph (b);

(d) by the deletion, in sub-article (6) of article 12, of paragraph (c);

(e) by the deletion of article 14;

(f) by the addition to sub-article (2) of article 15 after "hereto" of the words — "or

(iii) is in respect of that day being paid by his employer in respect of holiday leave";

(g) by the substitution in sub-articles (1) and (2) of article 18 for the words "six weeks" of "nine weeks".

(2) With effect from the 19th day of...

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