S.I. No. 130/1979 - Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979.
S.I. No. 130 of 1979. | ||
SOCIAL WELFARE (TREATMENT BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1979. | ||
The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 25 (1) 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 (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 and shall come into operation on the 6th day of April, 1979. | ||
(2) The Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1969 and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1979. 2. In these Regulations— | ||
"the Act" means the Social Welfare Act, 1952 ; | ||
the "Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1954 ). 3. The definitions in article 4 of the Principal Regulations of "contribution year" and "benefit year" are hereby amended by the substitution therefor of the following— | ||
"contribution year" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 (1) of the Act (as inserted by section 4 (2) of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 25 of 1978)); | ||
"benefit year" has the same meaning as in the Social Welfare (General Benefit) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 16 of 1953 ). 4. (1) The references in article 10 (2) (a) of the Principal Regulations (as inserted therein by the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1960 )) to twenty-six and one hundred and fifty-six employment contributions shall be construed respectively as references to twenty-six and one hundred and fifty-six contribution weeks for which the appropriate employment contribution (or contributions) was (or were) paid or would have been paid but for section 6 (1) (c) of the Act (inserted by section 5 (1) of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978 ). | ||
(2) The reference in article 10 (2) (b) of the Principal Regulations to twenty-six employment contributions paid or credited shall be construed as a reference to twenty-six contribution weeks for which the appropriate employment contribution (or contributions) was (or were) paid or credited or would have been paid but for section 6 (1) (c) of the Act (inserted by section 5 (1) of the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978 ). | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 5th day of April, 1979. | ||
CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, | ||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These Regulations amend the definition of "contribution year" so that it corresponds to the definition in the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978 . | ||
Provision is also made in these Regulations for construing references to a number of contributions paid or credited as referring, in addition, to weeks of insurable employment where a contribution is not payable because of the operation of the income limit on contributions. |