S.I. No. 79/1974:

SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1974.

SOCIAL WELFARE (PAY-RELATED CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1974.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) and by sections 5 and 15 of the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973 (No. 2 of 1973) hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Contributions) Regulations, 1974.

(2) These Regulations shall be construed as one with the Principal Regulations and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Contributions) Regulations, 1973 and 1974.

2. In these Regulations--

"the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Contributions) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 354 of 1973 ).

3. In the case of an employed contributor to whom subsection (10) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1973 (No. 10 of 1973) ) of section 6 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 applies, the Pay-Related contribution specified in article 4 (1) (a) of the Principal Regulations shall not be payable.

4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1974.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

22nd day of March, 1974.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 22nd

day of March, 1974.

RICHIE RYAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide that women who by virtue of an amendment in the Social Welfare Act, 1973 , are excepted from liability to pay the employed contributor's share of any flat-rate employment contribution because they are receiving widow's (contributory) pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's allowance or social assistance allowance as unmarried in others, will not be liable to pay the employee's 1% pay-related contribution.