S.I. No. 240/1969:

SOCIAL WELFARE (MODIFICATIONS OF INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

SOCIAL WELFARE (MODIFICATIONS OF INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 12 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 (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.

(2) The Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 to 1968, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 to 1969.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 5th day of January, 1970.

3. Sub-article (2) of Article 4 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1956 ) is hereby amended by the substitution in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (b), as inserted by Article 5 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 81 of 1967 ), of " two shillings " for one shilling and elevenpence " and " one shilling and fivepence for " one shilling and fourpence ".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 28th day of November, 1969.

CAOIMHGHIN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 28th day of November, 1969.

CATHAL Ó hEOCHAIDH,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1952 to 1968, include provision for the payment of special rate employers' contributions in respect of persons employed on foreign-going ships or ships engaged in regular trade on foreign stations. The occupational injuries insurance portion of the weekly contribution for such persons will, as a result of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969 , be increased by 1d as from 5 January 1970. The occupational injuries contributions are paid into the Social Insurance Fund in the first instance and subsequently transferred to the Occupational Injuries Fund.

These Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1952 to 1968, so as to provide for the transfer of the new contributions from the Social Insurance Fund to the Occupational Injuries Fund.