Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981

Exemptions.

22.—(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act—

(a) levy payable pursuant to section 16 of this Act shall not be payable in respect of an individual who is for the time being an individual who is in receipt of—

(i) a pension, allowance, benefit or payment under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 , or

(ii) a payment,

specified in subsection (2) of this section,

(b) levy payable pursuant to section 17 of this Act shall not be payable in respect of an individual who, by virtue of section 45 of the Act of 1970, has full eligibility for services under Part IV of that Act or an individual who is in receipt of—

(i) a pension, allowance, benefit or payment under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 , or

(ii) a payment,

specified in subsection (2) of this section,

(c) (i) where in a contribution year an individual is at any time an individual referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection, levy payable pursuant to section 18 of this Act in respect of the individual shall consist of such part of the full levy as bears to the full levy the same proportion that the portion of the contribution year during which the individual is not an individual referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection bears to the whole contribution year;

(ii) in subparagraph (i) of this paragraph “the full levy” means the amount of levy that would have been payable if the individual referred to in the said subparagraph had not been, at any time during the year referred to in the said subparagraph an individual referred to in paragraph (b) of this subsection.

(2) The following are the pensions, allowances, benefits and payments referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section:

(a) widow's (contributory) pension;

(b) widow's (non-contributory) pension;

(c) deserted wife's benefit;

(d) deserted wife's allowance;

(e) death benefit by way of widow's pension;

(f) social assistance allowance;

(g) a payment corresponding to a pension referred to in paragraph (a) or (e) of this subsection from the competent authority of a Member State (other than the State) of the European Economic Community under legislation to which the regulations of the Community on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the territory of the Community apply.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, levy shall not be payable in respect of payments under the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 .