Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1956

Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act (modifications in the case of persons in certain employments).

3.—The following subsections are hereby inserted in section 12 of the Principal Act after subsection (1) of that section:

“(1A) Notwithstanding sections 5 and 6 of this Act, regulations for the purposes of this section may provide for employment contributions consisting of employers' contributions only, and the said sections 5 and 6 shall, so long as regulations so providing are in force, stand modified accordingly.

(1B) Regulations for the purposes of this section may modify the provisions of this Act in different ways for male persons and for female persons employed in the same employment.”