S.I. No. 182/1975:

SOCIAL WELFARE (MODIFICATIONS OF INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1975.

SOCIAL WELFARE (MODIFICATIONS OF INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1975.

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, 1975.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 to 1974, shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 to 1975.

2. Article 4 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956, as amended by the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations 1967, 1969 and 1971, shall be amended by the deletion of paragraph (b) of sub-article (2) and the substitution therefor of the following paragraph:--

"( b ) Where a person to whom this article applies by virtue of sub-article (1) is employed during any period commencing on or after the 7th day of April, 1975, on a foreign-going ship or a ship engaged in regular trade on foreign stations--

(i) The employer's contribution shall be six new pence less in the case of a male employed contributor and five new pence less in the case of a female employed contributor than the appropriate employer's contribution payable under the Acts, save where the employed contributor is an employed contributor by virtue only of subsection (1) of section 36 of the Act of 1966 in which case the employer's contribution shall be one new penny less in each case.

(ii) of the total employer's contribution payable into the Social Insurance Fund, eleven new pence in the case of a male employed contributor and eight new pence in the case of a female employed contributor shall be paid out of that Fund to the current account of the Occupational Injuries Fund, and

(iii) every four employment contributions paid for any contribution year by or in respect of any person while so employed, excluding any contribution paid in respect of a person who is an employed contributor by virtue only of subsection (1) of section 36 of the Act of 1966, shall be treated as five such contributions for the purpose of determining whether the contribution conditions for benefit are satisfied as respects the number of contributions paid or credited for a contribution year."

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

30th day of July, 1975.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 30th day

of July, 1975.

RICHIE RYAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations 1953 to 1971, 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 was, as a result of the Social Welfare Act, 1975 , increased by 1p as from 7 April, 1975. 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 1953 to 1971, so as to provide for the transfer of the new contributions from the Social Insurance Fund to the Occupational Injuries Fund.