Social Welfare Act, 1993

Entry into insurance.

36.—(1) Section 2 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of “entry into insurance” of the following definition:

“‘entry into insurance’ means, subject to sections 16, 79 (11) and 93 (6) and Chapters 7 and 8 of Part II, in relation to any person, the date on which he became an insured person;”.

(2) Section 16 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (5) (inserted by section 25 of the Act of 1991) of the following subsection:

“(5) For the purposes of this section in the case of a person to whom Part IV of the Social Welfare Act, 1991 , applies, ‘entry into insurance’ shall have the meaning assigned to it by section 78 (4) or (5).”.

(3) Section 79 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (11) of the following subsection:

“(11) Where a person, other than in the case of a person to whom Part IV of the Social Welfare Act, 1991 , applies, becomes an employed contributor by virtue of section 65 (1) and would not, apart from that section, be an employed contributor, his entry into insurance by virtue of that section shall be deemed not to be an entry into insurance for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section and for those purposes his entry into insurance shall be deemed to occur when he first becomes an employed contributor by virtue of paragraph (a) of section 5.”.

(4) Section 93 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (6) of the following subsection:

“(6) Where a person becomes an employed contributor by virtue of paragraph (b) of section 5 (1) and would not, apart from that paragraph, be an employed contributor, his entry into insurance by virtue of that paragraph shall be deemed not to be an entry into insurance for the purposes of subsection (1) of this section and for those purposes his entry into insurance shall be deemed to occur when he first becomes an employed contributor by virtue of paragraph (a) of section 5 (1).”.

(5) For the purposes of Part IV of the Act of 1991, a person to whom this Part applies shall be known as a relevant person.

(6) Section 25 of the Act of 1991 is hereby repealed.