Social Welfare (Isle of Man Reciprocal Arrangements) Order, 1954

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 203/1954
• Year: 1954

S.I. No. 203 of 1954.

SOCIAL WELFARE (ISLE OF MAN RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS) ORDER, 1954.

WHEREAS the arrangements in respect of matters relating to insurance for sickness benefit and maternity benefit set out in the Agreement in the Schedule to this Order have been made by the Minister for Social Welfare with the proper authority of the Isle of Man.

NOW THEREFORE the Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 64 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following Order : 1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare (Isle of Man Reciprocal Arrangements) Order, 1954. 2. The provisions contained in the Agreement set out in the Schedule to this Order shall have full force and effect as from the 5th day of January, 1953, and the Social Welfare Act, 1952 , shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be required for the purpose of giving effect to the provisions contained in the said Agreement.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 24th day of September One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-four.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Social Welfare.

SCHEDULE

AGREEMENT RELATING TO INSURANCE FOR SICKNESS BENEFIT AND MATERNITY BENEFIT MADE THIS NINTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FOUR BETWEEN THE MINISTER FOR SOCIAL WELFARE OF THE ONE PART AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE ISLE OF MAN, WITH THE ADVICE AND CONSENT OF THE ISLE OF MAN BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES CONSTITUTED UNDER THE ISLE OF MAN BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES ACT, 1948, OF THE OTHER PART.

1.—(1) In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires—

No. 11 of 1952. 11 & 12 Geo. VI.

" the Republic of Ireland Act " means the Social Welfare Act, 1952 ;

" the Isle of Man Act " means the National Insurance (Isle of Man) Act, 1948 ;

" the Minister " means the Minister for Social Welfare ;

" the Governor " means the Lieutenant-Governor or Deputy Lieutenant-Governor of the Isle of Man ;

" the Board " means the Isle of Man Board of Social Services constituted under the Isle of Man Board of Social Services Act, 1948 ;

" sickness benefit " means, as the case may require, disability benefit under the Republic of Ireland Act or sickness benefit under the Isle of Man Act ;

" maternity benefit " means, maternity benefit other than maternity allowance (whether under the Republic of Ireland Act or the Isle of Man Act) ; and

" contributions of the appropriate class " means contributions (whether under the Republic of Ireland Act or the Isle of Man Act or under any enactment repealed by either of those Acts) having effect for the purposes, as the case may be, of sickness benefit or of maternity benefit.

(2) References in this Agreement to the Act in force in the Republic of Ireland or the Isle of Man, respectively, shall be construed as references to the Republic of Ireland Act or the Isle of Man Act as the case may require.

(3) References in this Agreement to any enactment or order shall include a reference to such enactment or order as amended by any subsequent enactment, order or regulations.

2.—(1) Subject to the provisions of articles 4 and 10 and of the following paragraphs of this article, where a person insured under the Republic of Ireland Act is on the 5th January, 1953, in the Isle of Man or thereafter goes to the Isle of Man, that person shall, in respect of any period for which he is in the Isle of Man occurring after the said date and before the expiration of six months from the date on which he last arrived in the Isle of Man, be treated for the purposes of his right to receive sickness benefit or maternity benefit as if he were in the Republic of Ireland during that period and where a person insured under the Isle of Man Act is, on the 5th January, 1953, in the Republic of Ireland or thereafter goes to the Republic of Ireland, that person shall, in respect of any period for which he is in the Republic of Ireland occurring after the said date and before the expiration of six months from the...