Social Welfare Act, 1952

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Number 11 of 1952.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Preliminary and General.

Section
1.	Short title.
2.	Interpretation.
3.	General provisions as to regulations.

PART II.

Insured Persons and Contributions.

PART III.

Benefit.

Prelimnary.

14.	Descriptions and rates of benefit and contribution conditions.

Disability and Unemployment Benefit.

15.	Right to disability and unemployment benefit.
16.	Exhaustion of and requalification for benefit.
17.	Disqualifications and special conditions.

Marriage Benefit.

18.	Marriage benefit.

Maternity Benefit.

19.	Maternity grants.
20.	Maternity allowance.
21.	Supplementary provisions as to maternity benefit.

Widow's (Contributory) Pension.

22.	Widow's (contributory) pension.

Orphans' (Contributory) Allowance.

23.	Orphan's (contributory) allowance.
24.	Payment of orphan's (contributory) allowance.

Treatment Benefit.

25.	Treatment benefit.

Additional Rights to Benefit.

26.	Increase of benefit for adult dependants.
27.	Increase of benefit for qualified child or each of two qualified children.
28.	Partial satisfaction of contribution conditions.

Miscellaneous Provisions as to Benefit.

29.	Claims and notices.
30.	Disqualifications arising for woman on her marriage.
31.	Absence from the State or imprisonment.
32.	Overlapping benefits, etc.
33.	Benefit to be inalienable.
34.	Exclusions in assessment of damages, etc.

Supplementary.

35.	Proceedings for benefit lost by employer's default.
36.	Provisions as to maintenance.
37.	Special provisions for voluntary contributors.
38.	Free certificates.

PART IV.

Finance, Administration and Legal Proceedings.

Finance.

39.	Social Insurance Fund.
40.	Expenses of Minister, etc.

Administration.

Legal Proceedings.

52.	General provisions as to offences.
53.	General provisions as to prosecutions.
54.	Recovery of sums due to the Fund by civil proceedings.
55.	Application of Probation of Offenders Act, 1907.
56.	Certificate of decision by deciding officer or appeals officer.
57.	Effect of decision under the Act.
58.	Priority of employment contributions in winding up and bankruptcy.
59.	Married woman.

PART V.

Miscellaneous.

60.	Grants to funds of superannuation schemes.
61.	Widows' and orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.
62.	Provisions in respect of home assistance to beneficiaries.
63.	Application of Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932.
64.	Reciprocal arrangements.
65.	Incorporated Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Board.
66.	Termination and repeal of existing insurance codes and continuity of insurance and benefit.
67.	Transfers to the Fund in certain cases.
68.	Amendment of certain Acts.
69.	Power to make further consequential and transitional provisions, etc.
70.	Special provision for persons formerly insured voluntarily.
71.	Power to remove difficulties.
72.	Appointed day.

PART VI.

Additional Provisions.

Chapter I.

General.

73.	Act of 1948.
74.	Collective citations.
75.	Overlapping pensions, etc.

Chapter II.

Amendments of Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1951.

76.	Interpretation (Chapter II, Part VI).
77.	Rates of pensions.
78.	Review and prospective adjustment of pensions.
79.	Maximum pension for certain widows.
80.	Amendment of statutory condition as to residence.
81.	Attainment of age.
82.	Saver.
83.	Reciprocal arrangements.
84.	Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter III.

Amendments of National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1950.

85.	Interpretation (Chapter III, Part VI).
86.	Rates of sickness and disablement benefits.
87.	Rates of contributions.

Chapter IV.

Amendments of Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1948.

88.	Interpretation (Chapter IV, Part VI).
89.	Amendment of paragraph 1 of Second Schedule to Principal Act.
90.	Amendment of section 1 of Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922, and paragraph 4 of Second Schedule to Scheme.
91.	Alteration of rates of contributions.
92.	Cesser.

Chapter V.

Amendments of Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1948.

93.	Interpretation (Chapter V, Part VI).
94.	Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act.
95.	Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act.
96.	Amendment of section 19 of Principal Act.
97.	Alteration of rates of unemployment assistance.
98.	Amendment of section 4 of Act of 1935.
99.	Attainment of age.
100.	Residence.
101.	Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter VI.

Amendments of Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1948.

102.	Interpretation (Chapter VI, Part VI).
103.	Composition and rates of widows' (contributory) pensions.
104.	Rates of orphans' (contributory) pensions.
105.	Composition and rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.
106.	Rates of orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.
107.	Amendment of section 38 of and Second Schedule to Principal Act.
108.	Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act.
109.	Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act.
110.	Amendment of section 11 of Principal Act.
111.	Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act.
112.	Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act.
113.	Amendment of section 23 of Principal Act.
114.	Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act.
115.	Amendment of section 26 of Principal Act.
116.	Cesser of section 28 of Principal Act
117.	Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act.
118.	Amendment of section 33 of Principal Act.
119.	Saver.
120.	Attainment of age.
121.	Application of certain provisions of this Act.

Chapter. VII.

Amendment of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942.

122.	Amendment of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942.
123.	Application of certain provisions of this Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Employments and Excepted Employments

Part I.

Employments.

Part II.

Excepted Employments.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Rates of Employment Contributions.

THIRD SCHEDULE.

Rate or Amount of Benefit

Part I.

Rates of periodical benefits and of increases thereof.

Part II.

Amount of grants.

FOURTH SCHEDULE.

Contribution Conditions

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed

SIXTH SCHEDULE.

Amendments of Certain Enactments

Part I.

Amendments of Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933).

Part II.

Amendment of Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935).

Part III.

Amendments of Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942).

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

Rules as to Calculation of Means

Acts Referred to
Children's Allowances (Amendment) Act, 1946	No. 8 of 1946
Illegitimate Children (Affiliation Orders) Act, 1930	No. 17 of 1930
Workmen's Compensation Act, 1934	No. 9 of 1934
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935	No. 29 of 1935
Pension Books (Prohibition of Alienation) Act, 1932	No. 1 of 1932
Social Welfare Act, 1950	No. 14 of 1950
Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933	No. 46 of 1933
Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942	No. 7 of 1942
Old Age Pensions Act, 1924	No. 19 of 1924
Social Welfare Act, 1951	No. 16 of 1951
Old Age Pensions Act, 1932	No. 18 of 1932
Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935	No. 38 of 1935
Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1940	No. 4 of 1940
Superannuation Act, 1936	No. 39 of 1936
Public Assistance Act, 1939	No. 27 of 1939
Health Act, 1947	No. 28 of 1947
Social Welfare Act, 1948	No. 17 of 1948
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1937	No. 11 of 1937

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Number 11 of 1952.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1952.

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A CO-ORDINATED SYSTEM OF SOCIAL INSURANCE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE BENEFITS THEREUNDER, TO REPEAL, AMEND OR EXTEND THE EXISTING ENACTMENTS RELATING TO NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, OLD AGE PENSIONS, WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE, AND FOR PURPOSES CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [14th June, 1952.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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