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S.I. No. 126/1960 - Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1960.

S.I. No. 126 of 1960.

SOCIAL WELFARE (TREATMENT BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) (No. 2) REGULATIONS, 1960.

I, SEÁN MacENTEE, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 and sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 25 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby make the following regulations :—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1960.

(2) The Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1954 ), the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 43 of 1960 ) and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 to 1960.

2. Paragraph (a) of sub-article (1) of article 10 of the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954 is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion of the words " or credited " after the word " paid " and

(b) by the substitution for the words " for the time being treated " of the words " which are treated or, in the case of a person who following his last arrival in the State is employed in insurable employment, which may be treated ".

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 16th day of June One Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty.

SEÁN MacENTEE,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Treatment Benefit) Regulations, 1954, so as to provide that in the case of a person who takes up insurable employment on his arrival in the State, insurance outside the State and employment contributions paid or credited outside the State, being insurance and employment contributions which may be treated as insurance and employment contributions in pursuance of any reciprocal arrangements relating to disability benefit or maternity benefit, shall be taken into account in determining whether the contribution conditions for treatment benefit are fulfilled.