Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1978
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Construction of certain references to certain contributions in the Acts. |
13.—(1) Every reference in sections 4 (2) and 16 of, and in the Fourth Schedule to, the Act of 1952 to a number of employment contributions paid shall be construed as a reference to that number of contribution weeks for which the appropriate employment contribution (or contributions) was (or were) paid or would have been paid but for section 6 (1) (c) of that Act (inserted by this Act). | |
(2) Every reference in sections 28, 28A, 28B, and 28C of, and in the Fourth Schedule to, the Act of 1952 to a number of contributions paid or credited shall be construed as a reference to that number of contribution weeks for which the appropriate employment contribution (or contributions) was (or were) paid or credited or would have been paid but for section 6 (1) (c) of that Act (inserted by this Act) or for which appropriate voluntary contributions were paid. | ||
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a voluntary contribution paid under section 6 (2) of the Act of 1952 (inserted by this Act) shall be regarded, where the contribution relates to a full contribution year, as having been paid for each contribution week in that contribution year or, where the contribution relates to a shorter period, as having been paid for each contribution week in that period. | ||
(4) Every reference in sections 5 (3) and 5 (4) of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967 , to a number of employment contributions paid shall be construed as a reference to that number of contribution weeks for which the appropriate employment contribution (or contributions) was (or were) paid or would have been paid but for section 6 (1) (c) of the Act of 1952 (inserted by this Act). |