Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations; 1961

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 1961
• Citation: IR SI 139/1961

S.I. No. 139 of 1961.

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS; 1961.

I, SEÁN MacENTEE, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 , 7 and 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952 and by section 9 of that Act as amended by section 4 of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960 (No. 25 of 1960), hereby make the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1961. 2.—(1) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1960, may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1961.

(2) In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1953 ). 3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the insertion after article 10A (inserted by the Social Welfare Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 132 of 1960 )) of the following article:—

" 10B.—(1) Subject to sub-article (2) hereof, employment contributions reckonable only for old age (contributory) pension purposes shall be credited to an employed contributor who, following a period during which he was employed in an employment specified in sub-article (1) of article 5 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations. 1956 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1956 ) commences employment which is insurable for old age (contributory) pension purposes, for the period between the beginning of the contribution year last preceding that in which he commenced such employment and the date of commencement of such employment.

(2) Employment contributions shall be credited to an employed contributor under this article in respect of not more than one occasion on which he so commences employment which is insurable for old age (contributory) pension purposes." 4. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the addition after article 13 of the following articles:—

" 13A.—(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (4) of this article, where a contribution is paid in respect of a contribution week commencing on or after the 2nd day of January, 1961, by an insured person who is an employed contributor or a voluntary contributor and whose entry into insurance occurred after he had attained the age of sixty, the amount of such contribution calculated in accordance with sub-article (2) of this article to have been paid...