Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978
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Amendment or repeal of certain provisions of Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973. |
18.—(1) In this section “the Act of 1973” means the Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973 . | |
(2) Section 1 (1) of the Act of 1973 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for the definition of “reckonable earnings”; | ||
“‘reckonable earnings’ means, subject to regulations under this Act, earnings derived from insurable employment in respect of which employment contributions are payable in accordance with section 6 (1) of the Act of 1952 (inserted by the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978).”. | ||
(3) (a) Section 9 of the Act of 1973 is hereby amended by the deletion of “pay-related contributions and”. | ||
(b) Section 12 of the Act of 1973 is hereby amended by the deletion of “and pay-related contributionss”. | ||
(4) Sections 5 and 6 of the Act of 1973 are hereby repealed. |