Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 12 of Principal Act (employed contributors and insured persons)

30. Section 12(1) of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) subject to paragraph (b), every person—

(i) over the age of 16 years and under pensionable age, or

(ii) born on or after 1 January 1958, who has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),

who is employed in any of the employments specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1, not being an employment specified in Part 2 of that Schedule, shall be an employed contributor for the purposes of this Act, and”.