S.I. No. 416/1996 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996
S.I. No. 416 of 1996. | ||
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CONTRIBUTIONS AND INSURABILITY) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1996 | ||
The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 11 (as amended by section 12 of the Social Welfare Act, 1996 (No. 7 of 1996)) of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993), hereby makes the following Regulations: | ||
1 Citation and Construction. | 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) (Amendment) Regulations, 1996. | |
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 ( S.I. No. 312 of 1996 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996. | ||
2 Commencement. | 2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 20th day of December, 1996. | |
3 Employees of Bord Telecom Eireann. | 3. Article 83(1) of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Contributions and Insurability) Regulations, 1996 is hereby amended by | |
(a) the insertion after paragraph (a) (v) of the following paragraph: | ||
"(vi) by Bord Telecom Eireann in a permanent and pensionable capacity and the terms and conditions of their employment provided for payments during illness on a basis which was considered adequate by the Minister,", and | ||
(b) the insertion after paragraph (g) of the following paragraph: | ||
"(h) having been employed, on 5th day of April 1995, by Bord Telecom Eireann in a capacity which was not permanent and pensionable, subsequently cease to be so employed, but immediately upon such cessation become employed by Bord Telecom Eireann in a permanent and pensionable capacity and the terms and conditions of the employment provide for payments during illness on a basis which is considered adequate by the Minister.". | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this | ||
18th day of December, 1996. | ||
PROINSIAS DE ROSSA | ||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 20th | ||
day of December, 1996. | ||
RUAIRI QUINN | ||
Minister for Finance | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
These Regulations provide that the modified social insurance status of employees of Bord Telecom Eireann, to whom this currently applies, will be maintained following the Strategic Alliance. |