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S.I. No. 17/1969 - Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969

S.I. No. 17 of 1969.

SOCIAL WELFARE (SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENTS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1969

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of and paragraph 5 of Part II of the First Schedule to 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 (Subsidiary Employments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969.

(2) The Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 18 of 1953 ), the Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) (No. 2) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 321 of 1953 ) and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) Regulations, 1953 to 1969.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on 3rd day of February, 1969.

3. The Schedule to the Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) Regulations, 1953, is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph 15 of the following paragraph—

" 15. Employment of a person as sub-postmaster remunerated by scale payment other than a person who is mainly dependent for his livelihood on the earnings derived by him from such employment and who is available to perform the duties of that employment for, on the average, eighteen or more hours in each week.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 3rd day of February, 1969.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations by amending paragraph 15 of the Schedule to the Social Welfare (Subsidiary Employments) Regulations, 1953, enable a sub-postmaster remunerated by scale payment who is mainly dependent for his livelihood on the earnings derived from that employment and who is available to perform the duties of the employment for 18 or more hours in each week to be insured, subject to the statutory remuneration limit for insurance purposes. for all benefits under the Social Welfare Acts.