Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935
PART V. Contributions and Financial Provisions. | ||
Rates of contributions. |
38.—(1) For the purpose of making provision towards the costs of pensions payable under this Act, the following provisions shall on and after the second appointed day have effect, that is to say:— | |
(a) subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of this sub-section, contributions shall be paid, in respect of every person who is an employed contributor or who is employed in an excepted employment to which this Act applies, and by every person who is a voluntary contributor, at the rates specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act, and | ||
(b) during the period of five years commencing on the second appointed day contributions shall be paid in respect of every person who is an employed contributor and who is employed in agricultural employment, at the rates specified in Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act in lieu of the rates specified in Part I of the said Schedule. | ||
(2) No contributions under this section shall be payable by a person who is a voluntary contributor and has attained the age of seventy or in respect of any other person who has attained the age of seventy. | ||
(3) Where contributions under this section are payable in respect of a person who is an employed contributor or who is employed in an employment which is an excepted employment to which this Act applies, such contributions shall be payable partly by the employer and partly by such person, or wholly by the employer as provided in the Part of the Second Schedule to this Act applicable to the case, and where contributions under this Act are payable by a voluntary contributor, such contributions shall be payable wholly by such voluntary contributor. | ||
(4) In this section the expressions “employed contributor” and “voluntary contributor” have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the National Health Insurance Acts. | ||
(5) This section shall not apply in respect of soldiers. |