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Uimhir 42 de 1929.
ACHT UM ÁRACHAS SLÁINTE NÁISIÚNTA, 1929.
[20adh Mí na Nodlag, 1929.]
Míniú.
1.—(1) San Acht so—
cialluíonn an abairt “na Coimisinéirí Arachais” Coimisinéirí Arachais na hÉireann;
cialluíonn an abairt “na hAchtanna” na hAchtanna um Árachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1911 go 1928;
cialluíonn an focal “orduithe” orduithe le rialacháin a déanfar fé alt 65 d'Acht 1911 mar a leathnuítear leis an Acht so é.
(2) San Acht so gairmtear Acht 1911, Acht 1913, Acht 1918. Acht 1919, Acht 1920 agus Acht 1923 den National Insurance Act, 1911, den National Insurance Act, 1913, den National Health Insurance Act, 1918, den National Health Insurance Act, 1919, den National Health Insurance Act, 1920, agus den Acht um Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1923 (Uimh. 20 de 1923) fé seach, agus déanfar tagairtí d'aon fhorálacha áirithe de sna hAchtanna san do léiriú mar thagairtí do sna forálacha san mar a leasuítear iad le haon achtachán do dineadh ina ndiaidh.
Deire le deimhnithe saoirse.
2.—(1) Tar éis an Achta so do rith ní deonfar d'éinne (mar athnuachaint ná ar shlí eile) aon deimhniú (dá ngairmtear deimhniú saoirse san Acht so) fé alt 2 d'Acht 1911 mar a leathnuítear é le fo-alt (3) d'alt 81 d'Acht 1911, ná fé alt 2 d'Acht 1911 mar a leathnuítear é le halt 5 d'Acht 1913, le halt 8 d'Acht 1918, agus leis an bproviso a ghabhann le fo-alt (1) d'alt 1 d'Acht 1919, ag saora duine ar fostú do réir bhrí Chuid I d'Acht 1911 o n-a bheith d'oblagáid air dul fé árachas no leanúint fé árachas fén gCuid sin I agus má deontar aon deimhniú den tsort san tar éis an Achta so do rith beidh sé gan bhrí gan éifeacht.
(2) Gach deimhniú saoirse do deonadh roimh an Acht so do rith agus atá i bhfeidhm le linn an Achta so do rith, fanfa sé i bhfeidhm go dtí an dáta ar a raghadh sé in éag sa ghnáthchúrsa no go dtí an 5adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, pe'ca dáta acu san is luatha, agus ansan scuirfe sé de bheith i bhfeidhm.
Sochar daoine saora áirithe tar éis an 5adh Eanair, 1930.
3.—(1) An cuntas ar a dtugtar, agus dá ngairmtear san alt so, an Irish Exempt Persons Fund do bunuíodh fé fho-alt (4) d'alt 4 d'Acht 1911, leanfa sé de bheith ann, chun crícheanna an ailt seo agus d'ainneoin na hathghairme dintear ón 6adh lá d'Eanair. 1930, leis an Acht so ar an bhfo-alt san (4), go dtí go mbeidh gach fiachas i gcoinnibh an chuntais sin íoctha.
(2) Duine bheidh i seilbh deimhnithe shaoirse bheidh i bhfeidhm an 5adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, agus nách duine dar deonadh an deimhniú san fé alt 2 d'Acht 1911 mar a leathnuítear é le fo-alt (3) d'alt 81 d'Acht 1911, beidh teideal aige an 6adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, agus dá éis sin, pé sochar d'fháil, as an Irish Exempt Persons Fund, fé pé coiníollacha agus ar feadh pé tréimhse a hordófar le rialacháin a dhéanfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, agus an tsuim a híocfar, amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, mar chuid de chostas aon íocaíochta déanfar fé sna rialacháin sin agus a riara beidh sí fé is dá mba shochar do dhaoine fé árachas na híocaíochta san.
(3) Béarfar chun an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi aon airgead a bheidh i gcreidiúint don Irish Exempt Persons Fund tar éis gach fiachas ina choinnibh do bheith íoctha.
Irish Migratory Labourers Exemption Fund.
4.—Béarfar chun an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi aon airgead a bheidh, ar an 5adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, i gcreidiúint don chuntas ar a dtugtar an Irish Migratory Labourers Exemption Fund do bunuíodh fé fho-alt (3) d'alt 81 d'Acht 1911.
Duine do ghlaca mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe.
5.—(1) D'ainneoin éinní atá i bhfo-alt (2) d'alt 30 d'Acht 1911 beidh cumann ceaduithe, fé réir forálacha an ailt seo, gan teideal chun diúltú do neach iarrtha ballraíochta ann—
(a) is ball de chiste sholáthair fhostóra agus ar ar hiarradh do réir rialacha an chiste sin tarrac siar o bheith ina bhall ar dheire do chur le n-a bheith ar fostú ag an bhfostóir is urra don chiste, no
(b) nách ball de chumann cheaduithe eile cheana féin agus é ina dhuine fé árachas no i dteideal dul fé árachas,
mara mbeidh an t-iarratasóir sin gan bheith cáilithe fé aon riail de rialacha an chéad chumainn sin a luaidhtear le n-a gcimeádtar an bhallraíocht ar leithligh, i gcás ciste sholáthair fhostóra, do dhaoine fé árachas ar fostú ag an bhfostóir áirithe no ag na fostóirí áirithe is urra no is urraí don chiste no, in aon chás eile, d'aicme áirithe de dhaoine fé árachas no do dhaoine fé árachas a chomhnuíonn i líomatáiste áirithe no eile.
(2) Ní léireofar éinní san alt so mar ní a choisceann ar chumann cheaduithe diúltú do bhallraíocht do thabhairt, mar gheall ar a shláinte, d'éinne fé árachas—
(a) is ball de chiste sholáthair fhostóra agus ar ar hiarradh do réir rialacha an chiste sin tarrac siar o bheith ina bhall de ar dheire do chur le n-a bheith ar fostú ag an bhfostóir áirithe no ag na fostóirí áirithe is urra no is urraí don chiste, no
(b) is duine i dteideal sochair as Ciste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta), no
(c) is duine do bhí ag fónamh i gCabhlach, in Arm, no in Aer-Fhórsa na Breataine Móire agus nár bhall de chumann cheaduithe sa Bhreatain Mhóir ná i dTuaisceart Éireann le linn do bheith ag fónamh amhlaidh agus do chur fé i Saorstát Éireann laistigh de shé mhí tar éis a scurtha ón gCabhlach, ón Arm, no ón Aer-Fhórsa san agus a iarrafaidh laistigh de bhliain tar éis dáta a scurtha amhlaidh go ndéanfaí ball den chumann san de.
(3) Aon aighneas eireoidh idir cumann ceaduithe agus duine adéarfaidh go bhfuil teideal aige go ndéanfaí ball den chumann san de, socrófar é díreach fé is dá mb'aighneas é idir cumann ceaduithe agus duine fé árachas do bheadh ina bhall de.
Ball de chumann cheaduithe do dhíochur.
6.—(1) Fé réir forálacha an ailt seo ní bheidh teideal ag cumann ceaduithe ball is duine fé árachas do dhíochur as ballraíocht an chumainn sin.
(2) Beidh teideal ag lucht ciste sholáthair fhostóra deire do chur le ballraíocht aon bhaill is duine fé árachas d'fhág fostaíocht an fhostóra no na bhfostóirí is urra no is urraí don chiste, no do scuireadh ón bhfostaíocht san, más deimhin leo, no más rud é, i gcás aighnis, go socrófar sa tslí foráltar le hAcht 1911, go bhfuil cumann ceaduithe eile toilteanach chun glaca le haistriú ar bhallraíocht an bhaill sin.
(3) Leasuítear leis seo fo-alt (2) d'alt 30 d'Acht 1911 tré sna focail “or to expel any of its members being insured persons” atá anois ann do scriosa amach.
Ní bheidh duine nách ball i dteideal sochair.
7.—Ní bheidh duine fé árachas (nách duine dá bhfuil cuntas ar oscailt i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce le linn an Achta so do rith no duine is ball de Chiste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta)) i dteideal sochair ar bith mara mbeidh sé ná go dtí go mbeidh sé ina bhall de chumann cheaduithe.
Déanfar ceart chun sochair do chur ar athló i gcásanna áirithe.
8.—(1) Maidir le duine fé árachas (nách duine dá mbeidh cuntas ar oscailt i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce no duine is ball de Chiste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta)) ná ceanglóidh mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe laistigh den aimsir orduithe, nuair a cheanglóidh a leithéid sin mar bhail de chumann cheaduithe, ansan, d'ainneoin éinní atá sna hAchtanna agus mara n-orduighidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais a mhalairt in aon chás áirithe, ní bheidh sé, go ceann trí seachtaine déag ón dáta ar ar iarr a ghlaca i mballraíocht an chumainn deiridh sin a luaidhtear, i dteideal an tsochair a riarann an cumann san agus 'na mbeadh teideal aige chuige mara mbeadh an t-alt so do rith.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt so i ngníomh díreach ar bheith caithte do ráithe o am an Achta so do rith.
An dáta ar a nglacfar duine mar bhall.
9.—Fé réir forálacha fo-alt (1) den alt san roimhe seo, nuair a thiocfaidh an fo-alt san i ngníomh tuigfear, i dtaobh duine fé árachas do glacadh mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe ar shlí eile seachas tré n-a aistriú o chumann cheaduithe eile no o Chiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce no o Chiste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta) no do réir socruithe ar bith do dineadh leis an mBreatain Mhóir no le hOileán Mhanainn, gur dineadh ball den chumann san de ón dáta is déanaí ar ar chuaidh fé árachas, ach ní léireofar an fhoráil seo mar ní a bhronnann ar an duine sin fé árachas aon cheart chun sochair de bharr aon éilimh d'eirigh roimh an dáta ar ar iarr a ghlaca mar bhall den tsort san.
Daoine do ghlaca i gcumainn cheaduithe de shíntiúsairí taisce.
10.—(1) Lasmuich de chás dá bhforáltar anso ina dhiaidh seo leis an alt so, ní dhéanfaidh cumann ceaduithe, tar éis na tréimhse orduithe bheith caithte, aon duine fé árachas ag a mbeidh cuntas i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce do ghlaca mar bhall den chumann san.
(2) I gcás duine fé árachas dar hoscladh cuntas i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce do bheith gan ceangal mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe laistigh den tréimhse bheidh orduithe maidir leis an bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, déanfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, san am orduithe agus sa tslí orduithe, an duine sin d'aistriú chun ballraíocht chumainn cheaduithe thoghfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais amach do réir an ailt seo agus ar dhéanamh an aistrithe sin glacfar an duine sin i mballraíocht an chumainn sin agus ceanglóidh mar bhall de.
(3) Le linn dóibh cumann ceaduithe do thogha amach fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo féachfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais do dhóthanacht a chó-ghléasa agus don tsocrú bheidh déanta aige chun na hAchtanna do riara sa cheart ar fuaid Shaorstáit Éireann.
Forálacha airgeadais i dtaobh síntiúsairí taisce.
11.—(1) Cuirfear i gcreidiúint do chumann cheaduithe agus cuirfear i gcoinnibh an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi, in aghaidh gach síntiúsaire taisce aistreoidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais chun an chumainn sin agus a cheanglóidh mar bhall de fén alt san roimhe seo, suim is ionann agus an fiachas a háireofar do réir forálacha na rialachán luachála bheidh i bhfeidhm de thurus na huaire.
(2) Aistreofar chun an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi aon airgead a bheidh i gcreidiúint do Chiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce tar éis gach fiachas maidir le síntiúsairí taisce do bheith íoctha.
Deire le síntiúsairí taisce.
12.—Na forálacha de sna hAchtanna i dtaobh síntiúsairí taisce scuirfid, o am an Achta so do rith, d'éifeacht do bheith acu maidir leis na daoine uile fé árachas ná beidh cuntaisí dóibh i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce ar dháta an rithe sin, agus scuirfid d'éifeacht do bheith acu maidir le duine fé árachas dá mbeidh cuntas i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce le linn an Achta so do rith agus is ón dáta ar a gceanglóidh sé mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe a scuirfid amhlaidh.
Síntiúsairí taisce mileata.
13.—(1) Ar rith an Achta so aistreofar chun an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi an t-iarmhéid do bhí, ar dháta a liostála, i gcreidiúint i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce do chuntas duine le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so.
(2) Chun crícheanna na nAcht agus an Achta so leanfar de dheighleáil le duine le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so mar dhuine do scuir de bheith ina dhuine fé árachas ar dháta a liostála agus ón dáta san go dtí dáta a scurtha ón arm, ach ar a scur ón arm deighleálfar arís leis mar dhuine fé árachas agus chun crícheanna na nAcht ní háireofar tréimhse a sheirbhíse airm.
(3) Má dhineann duine le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so ceangal le cumann ceaduithe laistigh den aimsir orduithe deighleálfar leis fé is dá mba bhall den chumann san é o dháta a scurtha ón arm agus cuirfear ón gCúl-Chiste Fiunraoi chun an chumainn sin an luach aistriúcháin ceart a bhaineann leis.
(4) Má theipeann ar dhuine le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so ceangal le cumann ceaduithe laistigh den aimsir a bheidh orduithe maidir leis an bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, beidh éifeacht ag na forálacha so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) ní bheidh an duine sin i dteideal sochair ar bith mara ndine sé ná go dtí go ndéanfa sé ceangal mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe,
(b) má dhineann agus nuair a dhéanfaidh an duine sin ceangal mar bhall de chumann cheaduithe—
(i) ní bheidh sé, go ceann trí seachtaine déag ón dáta ar ar iarr a ghlaca i mballraíocht an chumainn sin, i dteideal an tsochair a riarann an cumann san agus 'na mbeadh teideal aige chuige mara mbeadh an t-alt so do rith, agus
(ii) fé réir a ndubhradh deighleálfar leis fé is dá mba bhall den chumann san é o dháta a scurtha ón arm, agus
(iii) cuirfear ón gCúl-Chiste Fiunraoi chun an chumainn sin an luach aistriúcháin ceart a bhaineann leis.
(5) Ar fháil bháis do dhuine le n-a mbaineann an t-alt so le linn an duine sin do bheith ina bhall de sna Fórsaí, íocfar amach as an gCúl-Chiste Fiunraoi suim is có-ionann le leath an mhéide do bhí i gcreidiúint do i gCiste na Síntiúsairí Taisce ar dháta a liostála agus deighleálfar leis an suim sin fé is dá mba shuim í do bheadh iníoctha le duine fé árachas mar shochar fé Chuid I. d'Acht 1911 agus ná beadh íoctha ar dháta a bháis.
(6) San alt so cialluíonn an focal “Fórsaí” Fórsaí Cosanta Shaorstáit Éireann ach ní fholuíonn sé an Cúltaca do bunuíodh fé Chuid III. den Acht Fórsaí Cosanta (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1923 (Uimh 30 de 1923); cialluíonn an focal “liostáil” ceangal ar aon tslí mar bhall de sna Fórsaí agus is dá réir sin a léireofar focail atá gaolmhar leis; agus cialluíonn an abairt “scur ón arm” scur ar aon tslí de bheith ina bhall de sna Fórsaí.
(7) Baineann an t-alt so le duine—
(a) atá, le linn an Achta so do rith, ina bhall de sna Fórsaí agus céim ar bith aige ionta, agus
(b) do bhí, ar dháta a liostála, ina shíntiúsaire thaisce, agus
(c) (i) má liostáil sé roimh an 26adh lá de Mheitheamh, 1923, nár cheangail le cumann ceaduithe i Saorstát Éireann roimh an 27adh lá de Mheán Fhomhair, 1923, no
(ii) marar liostáil sé go dtí tar éis an 25adh lá de Mheitheamh, 1923, ach gur liostáil sé breis is ráithe roimh an Acht so do rith, nár cheangail le cumann ceaduithe i Saorstát Éireann laistigh de ráithe tar éis liostála dho, no
(iii) marar liostáil sé go dtí tar éis an 25adh lá de Mheitheamh, 1923, ach gur liostáil sé ar dháta nár bhreis is ráithe roimh an Acht so do rith, nár cheangail le cumann ceaduithe i Saorstát Éireann roimh an Acht so do rith.
Teip i bhfianaise ar mhí-chumas do chur isteach.
14.—(1) Más rud é go ndéanfaidh duine fé árachas do thug fógra breoiteachta uaidh laistigh den aimsir orduithe teip no faillí, ar feadh tréimhse is sia ná bliain, i bhfianaise dochtúra no i bhfianaise shásúil eile ar an mí-chumas gur ina thaobh a tugadh an fógra san do chur isteach no i leanúint den fhianaise sin do chur isteach, deighleálfar leis fé is dá mbeadh sé tagtha chuige féin ón mí-chumas o dheire na tréimhse is déanaí gur chuir sé an fhianaise sin isteach ina taobh maran deimhin leis an gcumann ceaduithe bheidh ag riara an tsochair no, i gcás aighnis, mara socruítear sa tslí foráltar leis na hAchtanna go raibh leathscéal réasúnta ag an duine fé árachas chun gan fianaise dhochtúra no fianaise shásúil eile ar mhí-chumas do chur isteach no gan leanúint den fhianaise sin do chur isteach.
(2) Ní scuirfidh duine fé árachas, de bhíthin éinní atá sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, de bheith ina dhuine fé árachas ar dháta is luatha ná an dáta ar a scuirfeadh ar aon tslí eile de bheith ina dhuine fé árachas fé sna hAchtanna.
Mná pósta.
15.—(1) Scuirfidh alt 22 d'Acht 1918 d'éifeacht do bheith aige maidir le mnaoi is duine fé árachas agus is ball de chumann cheaduithe agus a phósfaidh tar éis an Achta so do rith.
(2) Bean is duine fé árachas agus a phósfaidh tar éis an Achta so do rith tuigfar, chun crícheanna na nAcht agus an Achta so, gur scuir sí, o dháta a pósta, de bheith ina duine fé árachas, agus má théigheann sí ar fostú arís tar éis a pósta deighleálfar léi fé is dá mb'ar an dáta do chuaidh sí ar fostú amhlaidh do chuaidh sí fé árachas den chéad uair.
(3) Fé réir forálacha an chéad fho-ailt ina dhiaidh seo, beidh ag mnaoi is duine fé árachas agus is ball de chumann cheaduithe agus a phósfaidh tar éis an Achta so do rith teideal chun íocaíocht suime mar shochar (dá ngairmtear sochar pósta san alt so) d'fháil ón gcumann san más rud é, i gcás gur shíntiúsaire fostuithe í, go gcruthóidh sí go raibh sí, sa tréimhse idir an dáta is déanaí do chuaidh sí fé árachas agus dáta a pósta, ar fostú do réir bhrí Chuid I. d'Acht 1911 ar feadh tréimhse de dhá sheachtain chaogad, pe'ca as a chéile é no nách ca, agus gur híocadh dhá cheann chaogad de shíntiúisí seachtainiúla go ceart thar a ceann na más rud é, i gcás gur shaor-shíntiúsaire í, go gcruthóidh sí gur híocadh dhá cheann chaogad de shintiúisí seachtainiúla thar a ceann pe'ca mar shíntiúsaire fhostuithe é no mar shaor-shíntiúsaire.
(4) Bean is duine fé árachas agus ath-phósfaidh tar éis an Achta so do rith agus a bheidh ar dháta an ath-phósta san i dteideal sochair fé fho-alt (1) d'alt 22 d'Acht 1918, ní bheidh sí i dteideal sochar pósta d'fháil marar thárla dhi, o dháta a neamhfhostuithe mar a mínítear san leis an alt san 22, teacht chun bheith ina síntiúsaire fostuithe agus mara mbeidh sí cáilithe ar gach slí eile chun sochar pósta d'fháil fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo.
(5) Isé méid a bheidh i sochar pósta ná pé méid ordóidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais agus nuair a bheidh an méid sin á ordú féachfar d'éifeacht riaráiste, do ré an árachais agus don méid síntiús do híocadh.
(6) An tsuim a híocfar, amach as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas, mar chuid de chostas aon íocaíochta déanfar ar scór sochair phósta agus a riartha san beidh sí díreach fé is dá mba shochair do dhaoine fé árachas na híocaíochta san.
(7) Fé réir forálacha an chéad fho-ailt ina dhiaidh seo ní bheidh bean a pósfar tar éis an Achta so do rith i dteideal bheith ina saor-shíntiúsaire le linn bheith ar scáth céile dhi, agus aon bhean den tsort san a bheidh ina saor-shíntiúsaire ar dháta a pósta scuirfidh ón dáta san de bheith ina síntiúsaire den tsort san.
(8) Ní oibreoidh éinní atá sa bhfo-alt san roimhe seo chun cosc do chur le mnaoi phósta do bhí ar fostú ar feadh an lín orduithe de sheachtainí ar a laighead in aon tréimhse d'áireamh mar shaor-shíntiúsaire chun crícheanna aon rialachán do dineadh fé sna hAchtanna i dtaobh sochar daoine i riaráiste.
(9) I gcás bean is duine fé árachas agus is ball de chumann cheaduithe do phósa tar éis an Achta so do rith, aistreofar an tsuim orduithe o chreidiúint an chumainn sin go dtí creidiúint an Chúl-Chiste Fhiunraoi.
(10) I gcás bean is duine fé árachas agus is ball de chumann cheaduithe do phósa tar éis an Achta so do rith, agus í do leanúint no do dhul arís ar fostú tar éis dáta a pósta déanfar an luach cúil ceart a bhaineann léi do chur i gcreidiúint don chumann cheaduithe le n-a gceanglóidh sí mar bhall.
(11) Fé réir na bhforálacha san roimhe seo den alt so, bainfidh na hAchtanna le mnaoi do bhí pósta, le linn agus tar éis bheith ar scáth céile dhi, fé is dá mba ná pósfaí riamh í.
(12) Beidh sé de dhualgas ar gach mnaoi is duine fé árachas agus is ball de chumann cheaduithe, agus a phósfaidh tar éis an Achta so do rith, fógra i dtaobh a pósta do thabhairt don chumann san laistigh d'ocht seachtaine tar éis an phósta san agus má íocann an cumann san le haon mhnaoi den tsort san gur theip uirthi an fógra san do thabhairt suim ar bith mar shochar 'na mbeadh sí, de bhíthin a pósta, gan teideal chúichi, ansan, mara raibh a fhios ag an gcumann san gur phós sí, beidh acu, gan dochar d'aon tslí eile chun an t-airgead do bhaint amach, teideal chun an méid do híocadh amhlaidh do bhaint as méid a sochair phósta no, má cheanglann sí arís mar bhall den chumann san ar dhul ar fostú, le n-a ngabhann árachas, laistigh de bhliain tar éis a pósta dhi, as sochar ar bith 'na dtiocfaidh teideal aici chuige laistigh de dhá bhliain tar éis an dáta ar a gceanglóidh sí arís amhlaidh mar bhall den chumann san.
Máistreásaí conganta sóisearacha i Scoileanna Náisiúnta.
16.—(1) D'ainneoin éinní atá sna hAchtanna tuigfear, chun crícheanna na bhforálacha de sna hAchtanna san a bhaineann le síntiúisí d'íoc agus do bhailiú, gurb é an tAire Oideachais is fostóir do mháistreásaí conganta sóisearacha ar fostú i Scoileanna Náisiúnta.
(2) Tiocfaidh an t-alt so i bhfeidhm an 6adh lá d'Eanair, 1930.
Alt 112 d'Acht 1911 do leasú.
17.—Leasuítear leis seo mír (a) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 112 d'Acht 1911 tré sna focail “other than a private dwelling house not being a workshop” atá anois ann do scriosa amach.
Alt 12 d'Acht 1918 do leasú.
18.—Leasuítear leis seo fo-alt (2) d'alt 12 d'Acht 1918 agus an províso ghabhann leis an bhfo-alt san tríd an bhfocal “three” do scriosa amach as gach áit ina bhfuil an focal san agus tríd an bhfocal “seven” do chur ina ionad.
Teora leis an gceart chun síntiúisí d'íoc in aghaidh tréimhse díomhaointis.
19.—(1) I gcás bean is duine fé árachas do phósa tar éis an Achta so do rith agus í do dhul ar fostú arís tar éis dáta a pósta agus laistigh de bhliain tar éis an dáta san, ní bheidh sí i dteideal. in aghaidh aon tréimhse fhanfa sí ina duine fé árachas ag tosnú ón dáta ar a raghaidh ar fostú arís amhlaidh, buntáiste do bhaint as forálacha fo-alt (2) d'alt 13 d'Acht 1918.
(2) Síntiúsaire fostuithe bheidh os cionn ocht mblian déag d'aois ar an dáta ar a raghaidh fé árachas, ní bheidh sé i dteideal buntáiste do bhaint as forálacha fo-alt (2) d'alt 13 d'Acht 1918 mara gcruthuighidh don chumann ceaduithe dar ball é no, i gcás aighnis, mara socruítear sa tslí foráltar le hAcht 1911 gur ar a thuilleamh as fostaíocht do réir bhrí Chuid I. d'Acht 1911 is gnáth leis bheith agus is mó bhíonn sé ag brath chun maireachtana agus go gcruthóidh fós, más mí-chumas oibre de dheascaibh galair éigin áirithe no dí-nirt éigin áirithe chuirp no aigne fé ndeár a bheith díomhaoin, nách é atá sa ghalar no sa dí-neart san aon ghalar áirithe no dí-neart áirithe cuirp no aigne do bhí air uair ar bith laistigh den bhliain d'imigh direach roimh dháta a dhulta fé árachas d'fhille air no do bheith ag leanúint air.
Leasuithe ar Acht 1923.
20.—(1) Dintear leis seo na leasuithe seo leanas ar Acht 1923, sé sin le rá:—
(a) i mír (b) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 20 cuirfear na focail “do liostáil ar feadh tréimhse nách giorra ná sé mhí de sheirbhís airm, agus” i ndiaidh an fhocail “saighdiúra” atá anois inti;
(b) i bhfo-alt (2) d'alt 25, in ionad na bhfocal “pé grád atá aige” cuirfear na focail “nách oifigeach coimisiúnta ná dalta do cheangail mar bhall de sna Fórsaí Armtha chun tréineála chun a cheaptha chun céime coimisiúnta ná fear do haistríodh chun an Chúltaca (do reir Chaibideal V. de Chuid II. den Acht Fórsaí Cosanta (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1923 (Uimh. 30 de 1923)) ar chríochnú tréimhse de sheirbhís airm do.”
(2) Nuair a húsáidtear an focal “scur” i dtaobh saighdiúra i gCuid IV. d'Acht 1923 folóidh sé agus tuigfear gur fholuigh riamh aistriú chun an Chúltaca mar adubhradh.
(3) An síntiús seachtainiúil is iníoctha fé alt 20 d'Acht 1923 ar son saighdiúra ní bheidh sé iníoctha in aghaidh aon tréimhse is sia ná lá is fiche bheidh an saighdiúir sin as láthair gan cead.
Cúltacairí á dtréineáil.
21.—(1) Má bhíonn fear a bhaineann leis an gCúltaca—
(a) á thréineáil fé alt 220 den Acht Fórsaí Cosanta (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1923 (Uimh. 30 de 1923) agus go bhfaghann págh ar son na tréineála san as airgead a sholáthruíonn an tOireachtas i gcóir seirbhíse cosanta, agus.
(b) gur duine fé árachas é díreach roimh thosnú ar an tréineáil sin do,
tuigfear, chun crícheanna na nAcht, an fear san do bheith ar fostú do réir bhrí na nAcht san agus do bheith ar fostú ag an Aire Cosanta amháin faid a bheidh sé á thréineáil amhlaidh.
(2) Tuigfear an t-alt so do theacht i ngníomh an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1929, agus beidh sé mar a bheadh sé i bhfeidhm agus mar a bheadh éifeacht aige an lá san agus ón lá san amach.
Cúltacairí ar seirbhís.
22.—Bainfidh Cuid IV. d'Acht 1923, agus pé oiriúnuithe agus atharuithe a hordófar déanta uirthi, le fir den Chúltaca nuair a glaodhfar amach ar seirbhís iad ar shlí ar bith seachas fé alt 220 den Acht Fórsaí Cosanta (Forálacha Sealadacha), 1923 (Uimh. 30 de 1923), agus fós le hoifigigh den Chúltaca ghlaodhfar amach no choimisiúnfar go speisialta chun na seirbhíse sin, ach ní bhainfidh leis na fir ná leis na hoifigigh sin ach sa tslí roimhráite.
Deire le sochar sanatorium agus le Coistí Arachais.
23.—(1) Ar an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, agus ón lá san amach, scuirfidh sochar sanatorium de bheith ar cheann de sna sochair a bronntar le Cuid I. d'Acht 1911.
(2) Ar an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, agus ón lá san amach, scuirfidh coistí árachais de bheith ann agus na forálacha de sna hAchtanna bhaineann leis na coistí sin scuirfid de bhaint do bheith acu leo.
(3) Ar an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, dílseoidh gach maoin, socmhainn agus fiachas le coistí árachais sna Coimisinéirí Arachais agus déanfaidh na Coimisinéirí sin pé ní is gá chun gnóthaí na gcoistí sin do ghlana suas.
(4) Gach oifigeach do choiste árachais a bheidh ag fónamh ar dháta an Achta so do rith agus gur cheaduigh na Coimisinéirí Arachais a cheapachán beidh sé, más oifigeach é do chaith níos lugha ná deich mbliana iomlána i seirbhís an choiste sin, i dteideal aisce a háireofar do réir an t-ochtú cuid de shuim an luach saothair bliantúil do bhí dho an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929, in aghaidh gach bliana iomláine dá sheirbhís agus, más oifigeach é do chaith deich mbliana iomlána no níos mó i seirbhís an choiste sin, beidh sé i dteideal aisce a háireofar do réir an séú cuid de shuim an luach saothair bliantúil do bhí dho an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929, in aghaidh gach bliana iomláine dá sheirbhís.
(5) Airgead ar bith a theastóidh chun aiscí d'íoc fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo, is as aon bharrachas do bhí i gcreidiúint don Sanatorium Benefit Fund, don General Administration Fund agus do chiste riaracháin gach coiste árachais an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929, a híocfar é.
(6) Féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, le toiliú an Aire Airgid, rialacháin do dhéanamh i dtaobh gach ní no éinní acu so leanas, sé sin le rá:—
(a) an tslí ina ndeighleálfar le barrachas ar bith a bheidh i gcreidiúint don Sanatorium Benefit Fund no don General Administration Fund no i gcreidiúint do chiste riaracháin aon choiste árachais tar éis gach fiachas do ghlana;
(b) an tslí ina slánófar aon easnamh ar an Sanatorium Benefit Fund no ar chiste riaracháin aon choiste árachais;
(c) pé coigeartú eile airgeadais do dhéanamh is gá do réir tuairim na gCoimisinéirí Arachais chun an t-alt so do chur in éifeacht;
(d) deire do chur le có-aontuithe ar bith do dhin coistí árachais fé aon achtachán do scuir, de bhua an ailt seo, de bhaint do bheith aige leis na coistí sin no ceart no fiachas ar bith fé aon chó-aontuithe den tsort san d'aistriú chun daoine eile ar pé coiníollacha a hordófar leis na rialacháin sin.
Deontas do chontaethe agus do chontae-bhuirgí.
24.—(1) Mar chúiteamh san airgead do tharrac siar, tar éis na bliana 1929, do bhí ar fáil go dtí san fé mhír (a) d'fho-alt (2) d'alt 16 d'Acht 1911 chun sochar sanatorium d'íoc, íocfar suim £27,750 gach bliain tar éis na bliana 1929 as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas agus roinnfear an tsuim sin gach bliain ar pé comhairlí contae agus contae-bhuirg agus ar pé buird shláinte agus san ar pé slí agus fé pé coiníollacha a cheapfaidh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí le haontú an Aire Airgid.
(2) Suim ar bith a tabharfar fén alt so do chomhairle no do bhord do thóg ortha féin, do réir na Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, cóir leighis do chur ar fáil do dhaoine atá ina gcomhnaí ina gceanntar agus ar a mbeadh an eitinn, cuirfid í chun íoctha chuid de sna costaisí fé n-a raghaid ag cur na nAcht san i bhfeidhm.
(3) I gcás nár thóg comhairle no bord ortha féin, do réir na Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, cóir leighis do chur ar fáil do sna daoine atá ina gcomhnaí ina gceanntar agus ar a mbeadh an eitinn, déanfaidh aon chomhairle no bord den tsort san aon tsuim a tabharfar dóibh fén alt so do chur chun cóir leighis do chur ar fáil do dhaoine fé árachas laistigh dá gceanntar ar a mbeidh an eitinn agus san ar pé slí cheadóidh no ordóidh an tAire Rialtais Áitiúla agus Sláinte Puiblí.
(4) Comhairle no bord ar bith dar tugadh aon tsuim fén alt so agus do thóg ortha féin, do réir na Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, cóir leighis do chur ar fáil do dhaoine ina gcomhnaí ina gceanntar ar a mbeadh an eitinn, ní bheid i dteideal costas aon chórach leighis i bhfundúireacht, a thabharfaid bliain ar bith d'aon duine fé árachas is duine atá ina chomhnaí ina gceanntar agus ar a mbeidh an eitinn, do bhaint den duine sin faid a bheidh costas iomlán aon chórach leighis i bhfundúireacht a thabharfaid do dhaoine den tsort san an bhliain sin gan dul thar trí chúigiú den tsuim do tugadh amach an bhliain sin mar adubhradh, agus gach duine fé árachas, den tsort san, a bheidh i ngá córach leighis ar an eitinn i bhfundúireacht beidh sé i dteideal an chóir leighis sin d'fháil in aisce aon bhliain a bheidh an costas iomlán roimhráite gan dul uair ar bith thar an teorainn a luaidhtear anso roimhe seo.
Cistí do chur ar fáil don Chiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin.
25.—(1) Cuirfear—
(a) i gcoinnibh ciste sochair gach cumainn cheaduithe ar son gach baill (nách saighdiúir ar seirbhís) den chumann san suim chúig bpingin in aghaidh na bliana 1929 agus suim dhá scilling in aghaidh na bliana 1930 agus in aghaidh gach bliana ina dhiaidh sin; agus
(b) i gcoinnibh Ciste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta) ar son gach baill (nách saighdiúir ar seirbhís) den chiste sin suim chúig bpingin in aghaidh na bliana 1929 agus suim dhá scilling in aghaidh na bliana 1930 agus in aghaidh gach bliana ina dhiaidh sin; agus
(c) i gcoinnibh Ciste na Síntiúsairí Taisce in aghaidh na bliana 1929 suim chúig bpingin ar son gach baill den chiste sin; agus
(d) i gcoinnibh Chiste na nDaoine Saora in aghaidh na bliana 1929 suim dhá phingin go leith ar son gach baill den chiste sin.
(2) Na suimeanna iomdha a horduítear leis an bhfo-alt san roimhe seo a chur i gcoinnibh ciste sochair gach cumainn cheaduithe, Ciste Arachais na bhFórsaí Mileata (Socruithe Idirnáisiúnta), Ciste na Síntiúsairí Taisce agus Ciste na nDaoine Saora fé seach, cuirfear iad chun creidiúna don Chiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin.
(3) Chun na suimeanna iomlána a bheidh le cur i gcoinnibh aon chiste fén alt so d'áireamh, déanfar lán-uimhir na mball (nách saighdiúirí ar seirbhís) de chumann no de chiste d'áireamh i pé slí a ordóidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais.
(4) As airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas cuirfear i gcreidiúint don Chiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin in aghaidh na bliana 1929 pé suimeanna is leor, i dteanta na suimeanna cuirfear i gcreidiúint don chiste sin in aghaidh na bliana san fé sna forálacha san roimhe seo den alt so, chun na suimeanna d'íoc a horduítear leis an Acht so d'íoc amach as an gCiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin an bhliain sin.
Suimeanna a híocfar amach as an gCiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin.
26.—Íocfar amach as an gCiste Liaigh-Dheimhniúcháin—
(a) pé suimeanna, in aghaidh na bliana 1929 agus in aghaidh gach bliana ina dhiaidh sin, a shocróidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, le haontú an Aire Airgid, do bheith iníoctha le dochtúirí leighis i gcóir liaighdheimhniúcháin, agus
(b) pé suimeanna is gá chun íoc do dhéanamh i gcostas athbharúla leagha d'fháil an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1929, agus as san go dtí an 31adh lá de Mhí na Nodlag, 1929, tré dhochtúirí réitigh fén scéim do bhunuigh na Coimisinéirí Arachais chuige sin le haontú an Aire Airgid, agus
(c) pé suimeanna, in aghaidh na bliana 1929 agus in aghaidh gach bliana ina dhiaidh sin, a shocróidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, le haontú an Aire Airgid, do bheith iníoctha mar chabhair chun costas riartha na scéime liaighdheimhniúcháin d'íoc.
Ath-bharúla leagha ar an 1adh Eanair, 1930, agus dá éis sin.
27.—Ar an 1adh lá d'Eanair, 1930, agus ón lá san amach is as airgead a sholáthróidh an tOireachtas a híocfar costas ath-bharúla leagha d'fháil tré dhochtúirí réitigh fén scéim do bhunuigh na Coimisinéirí Arachais chuige sin le haontú an Aire Airgid.
Síntiúisí do bhaint amach.
28.—(1) I gcás in ar dhin fostóir teip no faillí in íoc aon tsíntiúisí áirithe go ndlightear air fé sna hAchtanna iad d'íoc i dtaobh síntiúsaire ar fostú agus a bhí in ionbhadh a n-íoctha an 3adh lá d'Eanair, 1927, no dá éis sin beidh an tsuim gur dhin sé teip no faillí amhlaidh ina híoc ina fiacha bheidh dlite ar an bhfostóir sin ag na Coimisinéirí Arachais agus iníoctha aige leo agus, gan dochar d'aon tslí eile chun a bainte amach, féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí sin í do bhaint den fhostóir sin, dá sheiceadúirí, agus dá riarthóirí mar fhiacha síbhialta in aon chúirt dlighinse inniúla, agus ar bheith bainte amach agus íoctha amhlaidh di áireofar í mar íoc do dineadh mar shásamh sna síntiúisí sin.
(2) Má theipeann ar fhostóir is cuideachta suim ar bith do baineadh den chuideachtain sin in aicsean do bunuíodh fén bhfo-alt san roimhe seo d'íoc leis na Coimisinéirí Arachais, beidh an tsuim sin ina fiacha bheidh dlite ag na Coimisinéirí Arachais ar aon daoine, le chéile agus fé seach, de stiúrthóirí na cuideachtan san go raibh a fhios acu no go mbeadh sé réasúnta a mheas go raibh a fhios acu i dtaobh an teipthe no na faillí in íoc an tsíntiúis no na síntiús ba bhun leis an aicsean san, agus féadfar an tsuim sin do bhaint amach mar fhiacha síbhialta in aon chúirt dlighinse inniúla agus féadfar, uair ar bith laistigh de bhliain o dháta an orduithe íocaíochta do dineadh i gcoinnibh na cuideachtan san san aiscean san, tosnú ar imeachta chun an tsuim sin do bhaint amach.
(3) I gcás in ar dhin fostóir teip no faillí in íoc aon tsíntiúisí áirithe go ndlightear air fé sna hAchtanna iad d'íoc i dtaobh síntiúsaire ar fostú no in ar dhin sé teip no faillí sna rialacháin a bhaineann le híoc agus le bailiú síntiús do chólíona maidir le síntiúsaire ar fostú agus gur thárla dá dheascaibh sin don tsíntiúsaire ar fostú no d'éinne ag éileamh thríd, sochar ar bith chun a mbeadh teideal aige fé sna hAchtanna do chailliúint i bpáirt no go hiomlán, agus nár bunuíodh aon imeachta fé alt 40 d'Acht 1918 ag duine ar bith chun suim an tsochair do cailleadh amhlaidh do bhaint amach, féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais, in ainm agus thar ceann an tsíntiúsaire sin, an tsuim sin do bhaint den fhostóir sin, dá sheiceadúirí, agus dá riarthóirí mar fhiacha síbhialta in aon chúirt dlighinse inniúla.
Cuntaisí cumann ceaduithe.
29.—Na forálacha atá leagtha amach sa Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so beidh éifeacht acu maidir le cuntaisí cumann ceaduithe agus a mbrainsí in aghaidh na bliana 1930 agus in aghaidh na mblian ina dhiaidh sin agus maidir le hiniúcha na gcuntas san.
Alt 17 d'Acht 1913 do leathnú.
30.—Beidh éifeacht ag alt 17 d'Acht 1913, alt a thugann comhacht do sna Coimisinéirí Arachais a údarú go n-atharófaí rialacha cumann ceaduithe fé mar is gá de dhruim an Achta san do rith, fé is dá mbeadh foluithe sa tagairt atá ann do leasú is gá de dhruim an Achta san do rith tagairt d'atharú no do leasú is gá de dhruim an Achta so do rith.
Rialacháin ghenerálta.
31.—Beidh ar chrích de sna crícheanna chun a bhféadfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais rialacháin do dhéanamh fé alt 65 d'Acht 1911 éinní no aon rud d'ordú dá dtagartar san Acht so mar ní no mar rud atá orduithe no a hordófar.
Athghairmeanna.
32.—Dintear leis seo na hachtacháin uile agus fé seach a háirítear sa Dara Sceideal a ghabhann leis an Acht so d'athghairm sa mhéid a luaidhtear sa tríú colún den Sceideal san agus ar na dátaí agus o sna dátaí fé seach a háirítear sa cheathrú colún den Sceideal san.
Gearr-theideal, léiriú agus luadh.
33.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht um Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1929, do ghairm den Acht so agus léireofar é mar éinní amháin leis na hAchtanna um Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1911 go 1928.
(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna um Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1911 go 1929, do ghairm de sna hAchtanna um Arachas Sláinte Náisiúnta, 1911 go 1928, agus den Acht so le chéile.
CEAD SCEIDEAL.
Cuntaisi Cumann Ceaduithe agus a mBrainsi d'iniucha.
1.—(1) Fé réir forálacha na míre seo, má chítear d'iniúchóir ar bith 'na gcuirfear cuntaisí cumainn cheaduithe (ar a n-áirítear cuntaisí aon oifigigh no seirbhísigh don chumann) fé n-a bhráid fé mhír (a) d'fho-alt (1) d'alt 35 d'Acht 1911 aon ítim chuntais do bheith contrárdha don dlí no aon airgead no ioncum ba cheart do chur i gcuntas do bheith gan cur i gcuntas amhlaidh, déanfaidh an t-iniúchóir an ítim chuntais do nealomháil agus suim aon íocaíochta nea-dhleathaighe no caiteachais nea-dhleathaigh no aon chailliúna no easnaimh do chur mar fhormhuirear ar bhall ar bith de choiste bhainistí an chumainn no ar oifigeach no ar sheirbhíseach ar bith don chumann no ar éinne eile gur tré n-a mhór-fhaillí no tré n-a mhí-iompar do dineadh no do húdaruíodh an íocaíocht no an caiteachas san no do tháinig an chailliúint no an t-easnamh san.
(2) Ní dhéanfaidh an t-iniúchóir aon ítim chuntais do nealomháil ná d'fhormhuirearú fén mír seo má cheaduigh na Coimisinéirí Arachais í.
2.—(1) Féadfaidh coiste bainistí cumainn cheaduithe no duine ar bith ar a ngoillfidh aon nea-lomháil no formhuirear athchomharc do dhéanamh chun na gCoimisinéirí Arachais laistigh de thriocha lá tar éis dáta deimhniú an iniúchóra agus ní bheidh dul thar a mbreith sin agus is fé mar a hordófar a bheidh an nós-imeachta san athchomharc.
(2) Féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais ar aon chéim de sna himeachta san athchomharc, agus déanfaid, má orduíonn an Ard-Chúirt é, aon cheist dlí eireoidh le linn an athchomhairc do chur síos i bhfuirm cáis speisialta chun barúil na Cúirte uirthi d'fháil.
3.—(1) Nuair a bheidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais á bhreithniú ce'ca ceadófar aon ítim chuntais áirithe no ná ceadófar no ag tabhairt breithe ar aon athchomharc áirithe fén Sceideal so, má sé a dtuairim gur go dleathach do dineadh aon nea-lomháil no formhuirear no go mbeadh sé dleathach é do dhéanamh ach, ag féachaint do gach ní bhaineann leis an scéal go bhfuil sé cothrom gan an nea-lomháil no an formhuirear do dhéanamh, féadfaid an ítim chuntais do cheadú agus maitheamh do thabhairt sa nealomháil no sa bhformhuirear.
(2) Má bhaineann an ítim chuntais no chaiteachais i bpáirt no go hiomlán le hairgead 'na bhforáltar le scéim, le vóta, no le rialachán cad déanfar leis, féachfaidh na Coimisinéirí Arachais do théarmaí na scéime, an vóta, no an rialacháin sin agus iad ag gníomhú fén mír seo.
4.—I gcás ar bith ina mbeifear tar éis athchomharc do dhéanamh chun na gCoimisinéirí Arachais féadfaidh an t-iniúchóir athchroma ar an iniúcha chun éifeacht do thabhairt do bhreith na gCoimisinéirí Arachais.
5.—(1) Aon tsuim a chuirfidh an t-iniúchóir mar fhormhuirear no aon iarmhéid a dheimhneoidh sé do bheith dlite, déanfaidh an té ar a gcuirfe sé an formhuirear no 'na ndeimhneoidh sé an t-iarmhéid do bheith dlite air an tsuim no an t-iarmhéid sin d'íoc leis na Coimisinéirí Arachais fé cheann triocha lá tar éis dáta deimhniú an iniúchóra no, má cuirtear athchomharc isteach agus ná maithfear an tsuim a cuireadh mar fhormhuirear no an t-iarmhéid a deimhníodh a bheith dlite, fé cheann triocha lá tar éis dáta breith na gCoimisinéirí, agus mara n-íoctar é fé cheann na haimsire roimhráite féadfaidh na Coimisinéirí é do bhaint amach ar an slí achmair mar fhiacha síbhialta, agus cuirfear i gcoinnibh an chumainn cheaduithe na costaisí bhainfidh le himeachta ar bith chun aon tsuim den tsort san do bhaint amach, sa mhéid ná bainfear iad den té ar ar cuireadh an formhuirear.
(2) In imeachta ar bith chun a leithéid sin de shuim do bhaint amach beidh deimhniú dheabhróidh bheith sighnithe ag iniúchóir do ceapadh fé Acht 1911 ina fhianaise dho-chlaoite ar na nithe bheidh á ndeimhniú leis.
6.—Duine ar bith ath-chuirfidh i gcoinnibh cistí cumainn cheaduithe go feasach aon tsuim do nea-lomháil an t-iniúchóir agus nár lomháil na Coimisinéirí Arachais ar athchomharc, beidh sé ciontach i gcionta fén Sceideal so agus ar a chiontú ann ar an slí achmair dlighfear fíneáil nách mó ná trí oiread na suime d'athchuir sé i gcoinnibh na gcistí sin do chur air.
7.—Bainfidh forálacha an Sceidil seo le brainsí de chumann cheaduithe fé mar a bhainid le cumainn cheaduithe.
DARA SCEIDEAL.
Achtachain a hAthghairmtear.
Siosón agus Caibideal no Uimhir agus Bliain. | Gearr-theideal. | Méid na hAthghairme. | Dáta na hAthghairme. |
1 & 2 Geo. V. c. 55. | National Insurance Act, 1911. | Alt 2, fo-alt (4) d'alt 4, agus fo-alt (3) d'alt 81. | 6adh Eanair, 1930. |
3 & 4 Geo. V. c. 37. | National Insurance Act, 1913. | Ailt 5 agus 9. | 6adh Eanair, 1930. |
7 & 8 Geo. V. c. 62. | National Health Insurance Act, 1918. | Ailt 8, 10 agus 45. | 6adh Eanair, 1930. |
9 & 10 Geo. V. c. 36. | National Health Insurance Act, 1919. | An províso a ghabhann le fo-alt (1) d'alt 1. | 6adh Eanair, 1930. |
10 & 11 Geo. V. c. 10. | National Health Insurance Act, 1920. | Fo-alt (3) d'alt 1. | 6adh Eanair, 1930. |
Fo-alt (5) d'alt 20. | Am an Achta so do rith. |
Number 42 of 1929.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT, 1929.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Acts Referred to | |
No. 20 of 1923 | |
No. 30 of 1923 | |
Number 42 of 1929.
NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE ACT, 1929.
Interpretation.
1.—(1) In this Act—
the expression “the Insurance Commissioners” means the Irish Insurance Commissioners;
the expression “the Acts” means the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1928;
the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under section 65 of the Act of 1911 as extended by this Act.
(2) In this Act the National Insurance Act, 1911, the National Insurance Act, 1913, the National Health Insurance Act, 1918, the National Health Insurance Act, 1919, the National Health Insurance Act, 1920, and the National Health Insurance Act, 1923 (No. 20 of 1923) are respectively referred to as the Act of 1911, the Act of 1913, the Act of 1918, the Act of 1919, the Act of 1920 and the Act of 1923, and references to any particular provisions of those Acts shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended by any subsequent enactment.
Abolition of certificates of exemption.
2.—(1) No certificate (in this Act referred to as a certificate of exemption) under section 2 of the Act of 1911 as extended by sub-section (3) of section 81 of the Act of 1911 or under section 2 of the Act of 1911 as extended by section 5 of the Act of 1913, section 8 of the Act of 1918, and the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 1 of the Act of 1919 exempting a person employed within the meaning of Part I of the Act of 1911 from liability to become or continue to be insured under the said Part I shall be granted (by way of renewal or otherwise) to any person after the passing of this Act and if any such certificate is granted after the passing of this Act it shall be void and of no effect.
(2) Every certificate of exemption granted before and in force at the passing of this Act shall remain in force until the date on which it would ordinarily expire or until the 5th day of January, 1930, whichever of the said dates is the earlier, and shall then cease to be in force.
Benefits of certain exempted persons after 5th January, 1930.
3.—(1) For the purposes of this section the account known and in this section referred to as the Irish Exempt Persons Fund established under sub-section (4) of section 4 of the Act of 1911 shall, notwithstanding the repeal of the said sub-section (4) as from the 6th day of January, 1930, effected by this Act, continue to exist until all liabilities against the said account have been met.
(2) A person who holds a certificate of exemption which is in force on the 5th day of January, 1930, other than a person to whom such certificate has been granted under section 2 of the Act of 1911 as extended by sub-section (3) of section 81 of the Act of 1911, shall on and after the 6th day of January, 1930, be entitled to receive out of the Irish Exempt Persons Fund such benefits under such conditions and during such period as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Insurance Commissioners, and the sum to be contributed out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas towards the cost of any payments made under such regulations and the administration thereof shall be the same as if such payments were benefits to insured persons.
(3) Any moneys standing to the credit of the Irish Exempt Persons Fund after all liabilities against it have been met shall be carried to the Reserve Suspense Fund.
Irish Migratory Labourers Exemption Fund.
4.—Any moneys standing to the credit of the account known as the Irish Migratory Labourers Exemption Fund established under sub-section (3) of section 81 of the Act of 1911 as at the 5th day of January, 1930, shall be carried to the Reserve Suspense Fund.
Admission to membership of approved society.
5.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2) of section 30 of the Act of 1911, an approved society shall, subject to the provisions of this section, not be entitled to reject an applicant for membership therein who either—
(a) is a member of an employer's provident fund who has been called upon in accordance with the rules of such fund to withdraw from membership on the termination of his employment with the employer guaranteeing the fund, or
(b) being an insured person or a person entitled to become an insured person is not already a member of another approved society,
unless such applicant is not qualified under any rule of such first mentioned society limiting membership, in the case of an employer's provident fund, to insured persons employed by the particular employer or employers guaranteeing the fund, or, in any other case, to a particular class of insured persons or to insured persons resident in a particular area or otherwise.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing an approved society from refusing to admit to membership on account of the state of his health any insured person who is either—
(a) a member of an employer's provident fund and has been called upon in accordance with the rules of such fund to withdraw from membership thereof on the termination of his employment with the particular employer or employers guaranteeing the fund, or
(b) a person entitled to benefits out of the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund, or
(c) a person, who having served in the Navy, Army, or Air Force of Great Britain and not having been a member of an approved society in Great Britain or Northern Ireland while so serving, becomes resident in Saorstát Eireann within six months after his discharge from such Navy, Army, or Air Force and applies to become a member of such society within twelve months after the date of his said discharge.
(3) Any dispute between an approved society and a person who claims to be entitled to become a member of such society shall be decided in like manner as if it were a dispute between an approved society and an insured person who is a member thereof.
Expulsion of member of approved society.
6.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, an approved society shall not be entitled to expel from membership thereof a member being an insured person.
(2) An employer's provident fund shall be entitled to terminate the membership of any member being an insured person who has left or been discharged from the employment of the employer or employers guaranteeing the fund, if it is satisfied, or if, in the case of a dispute, it is decided in the manner provided by the Act of 1911 that another approved society is willing to accept a transfer of such member's membership.
(3) Sub-section (2) of section 30 of the Act of 1911 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “or to expel any of its members being insured persons” now contained therein.
Disqualification of non-member for benefits.
7.—An insured person (other than a person in respect of whom an account is open at the passing of this Act in the Deposit Contributors Fund or a person who is a member of the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund), shall not be entitled to any benefit unless and until he has become a member of an approved society.
Deferment of right to benefit in certain cases.
8.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts, an insured person (other than a person in respect of whom an account is open in the Deposit Contributors Fund or a person who is a member of the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund) who does not become a member of an approved society within the prescribed time shall not, unless the Insurance Commissioners in any particular case otherwise direct, on becoming a member of an approved society become entitled to the benefits administered by such society to which if this section had not passed he might be entitled, until the expiration of thirteen weeks from the date of his application for admission to membership of such last mentioned society.
(2) This section shall come into operation immediately upon the expiration of three months from the passing of this Act.
Date of admission to membership.
9.—Subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) of the foregoing section when such sub-section comes into operation, an insured person who has been admitted to membership of an approved society, otherwise than by transfer from another approved society or from the Deposit Contributors Fund or from the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund or in pursuance of any arrangements made with Great Britain or the Isle of Man, shall be deemed to have become a member of such society as from the date of his last entry into insurance, but this provision shall not be construed as conferring on such insured person any right to benefit in respect of any claim arising before the date of his application for admission to such membership.
Admission to approved societies of deposit contributors.
10.—(1) Save as hereinafter provided by this section an approved society shall not, after the expiration of the prescribed period, admit to membership of such society any insured person who has an account in the Deposit Contributors Fund.
(2) Where an insured person in respect of whom an account has been opened in the Deposit Contributors Fund has not within the period prescribed in relation to the foregoing sub-section become a member of an approved society such person shall at the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner be transferred by the Insurance Commissioners to membership of an approved society selected in accordance with this section by the Insurance Commissioners, and upon such transfer being made such person shall be admitted to membership and become a member of such society.
(3) In selecting an approved society under the foregoing sub-section the Insurance Commissioners shall have regard to the adequacy of its organisation and to the arrangements made by it for the proper administration of the Acts throughout Saorstát Eireann.
Financial provisions in relation to transferred deposit contributors.
11.—(1) There shall be credited to an approved society and charged to the Reserve Suspense Fund in respect of every deposit contributor who is transferred by the Insurance Commissioners to and becomes a member of such society under the foregoing section a sum representing the liability calculated in accordance with the provisions of the valuation regulations for the time being in force.
(2) Any moneys standing to the credit of the Deposit Contributors Fund after all liabilities in respect of deposit contributors have been met shall be transferred to the Reserve Suspense Fund.
Abolition of deposit contributors.
12.—The provisions of the Acts in relation to deposit contributors shall cease as from the passing of this Act to have effect in relation to all insured persons in respect of whom accounts do not at the date of such passing exist in the Deposit Contributors Fund, and shall cease to have effect in relation to an insured person in respect of whom an account exists at the passing of this Act in the Deposit Contributors Fund as from the date on which he becomes a member of an approved society.
Military deposit contributors.
13.—(1) The balance which was to the credit of the account of a person to whom this section applies in the Deposit Contributors Fund at the date of his enlistment shall be transferred on the passing of this Act to the Reserve Suspense Fund.
(2) A person to whom this section applies shall continue to be treated for the purposes of the Acts and this Act as having ceased to be an insured person as on and from the date of his enlistment until the date of his discharge, but on his discharge he shall be again treated as an insured person and for the purposes of the Acts no account shall be taken of the period of his army service.
(3) If a person to whom this section applies joins an approved society within the prescribed time he shall be treated as if he were a member of such society as from the date of his discharge and the appropriate transfer value in respect of him shall be passed from the Reserve Suspense Fund to such society.
(4) If a person to whom this section applies fails to join an approved society within the time prescribed in relation to the foregoing sub-section, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say:—
(a) such person shall not be entitled to any benefit unless and until he has become a member of an approved society,
(b) if and when such person becomes a member of an approved society—
(i) he shall not be entitled to the benefits administered by such society to which, if this section had not passed, he might be entitled until the expiration of thirteen weeks from the date of his application for admission to membership of such society, and
(ii) subject as aforesaid he shall be treated as if he were a member of such society as from the date of his discharge, and
(iii) the appropriate transfer value in respect of him shall be passed from the Reserve Suspense Fund to such society.
(5) Upon the death of a person to whom this section applies while such person is a member of the Forces a sum equal to one half of the amount which stood to his credit in the Deposit Contributors Fund at the date of his enlistment shall be paid out of the Reserve Suspense Fund and dealt with as if it were a sum payable to an insured person by way of benefit under Part I. of the Act of 1911 and unpaid at the date of his death.
(6) In this section the word “Forces” means the Defence Forces of Saorstát Eireann but does not include the Reserve established under Part III. of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 30 of 1923); the word “enlistment” means becoming by any means a member of the Forces and cognate words shall be construed accordingly; and the word “discharge” means ceasing by any means to be a member of the Forces.
(7) This section applies to a person—
(a) who is at the passing of this Act a member of the Forces holding any rank therein, and
(b) who, at the date of his enlistment, was a deposit contributor, and
(c) who—
(i) if he enlisted before the 26th day of June, 1923, did not before the 27th day of September, 1923, join an approved society in Saorstát Eireann, or
(ii) if he did not enlist until after the 25th day of June, 1923, but enlisted more than three months before the passing of this Act, did not within three months after enlistment join an approved society in Saorstát Eireann, or
(iii) if he did not enlist until after the 25th day of June, 1923, but enlisted not more than three months before the passing of this Act, did not before the passing of this Act join an approved society in Saorstát Eireann.
Failure to submit evidence of incapacity.
14.—(1) Where an insured person, who has given notice of illness within the prescribed time, fails or neglects for a period exceeding twelve months to submit or continue to submit medical or other satisfactory evidence of the incapacity in respect of which such notice was given he shall be treated as if he had recovered from the incapacity as from the end of the period in respect of which he last submitted such evidence, unless either the approved society administering the benefit is satisfied or, in the case of a dispute, it is decided in manner provided by the Acts that the insured person had a reasonable excuse for not submitting or continuing to submit medical or other satisfactory evidence of incapacity.
(2) An insured person shall not cease by reason of anything contained in the foregoing sub-section to be an insured person at a date earlier than the date upon which he would otherwise have ceased to be an insured person under the Acts.
Married women.
15.—(1) Section 22 of the Act of 1918 shall cease to have effect in relation to a woman being an insured person and a member of an approved society who marries after the passing of this Act.
(2) A woman being an insured person who marries after the passing of this Act shall as from the date of her marriage be deemed for the purposes of the Acts and this Act to have ceased to be an insured person, and if she again becomes employed after her marriage she shall be treated as if she had become an insured person for the first time on the date on which she becomes so employed.
(3) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section a woman being an insured person and a member of an approved society who marries after the passing of this Act shall be entitled to receive from such society payment of a sum by way of benefit (in this section referred to as marriage benefit) if, being an employed contributor, she proves that she has in the period between the date of her last entry into insurance and the date of her marriage been employed within the meaning of Part I. of the Act of 1911 for a period of fifty-two weeks, whether consecutive or not, and that fifty-two weekly contributions have been properly paid in respect of her, or if, being a voluntary contributor, she proves that fifty-two weekly contributions have been paid in respect of her whether as an employed contributor or as a voluntary contributor.
(4) A woman being an insured person who remarries after the passing of this Act and who is at the date of such remarriage entitled to benefits under sub-section (1) of section 22 of the Act of 1918, shall not be entitled to receive a marriage benefit unless she has since the date of unemployment as defined by the said section 22 become an employed contributor and is otherwise qualified for a marriage benefit under the foregoing sub-section.
(5) The amount of a marriage benefit shall be such amount as is prescribed by the Insurance Commissioners and in prescribing such amount regard shall be had to the effect of arrears, the duration of insurance and the number of contributions paid.
(6) The sum to be contributed out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas towards the cost of any payments made in respect of marriage benefit and the administration thereof shall be the same as if those payments were benefits to insured persons.
(7) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-section a woman married after the passing of this Act shall not, during her coverture, be entitled to be a voluntary contributor, and any such woman who is at the date of her marriage a voluntary contributor shall as from such date cease to be such a contributor.
(8) Nothing contained in the foregoing sub-section shall operate to prevent a married woman who has been employed for at least the prescribed number of weeks in any period being deemed to be a voluntary contributor for the purposes of any regulations made under the Acts with respect to benefits of persons in arrears.
(9) Where a woman being an insured person and a member of an approved society marries after the passing of this Act the prescribed sum shall be transferred from the credit of such society to the credit of the Reserve Suspense Fund.
(10) Where a woman being an insured person and a member of an approved society marries after the passing of this Act and continues to be, or again becomes, employed after the date of her marriage the appropriate reserve value in respect of her shall be credited to the approved society of which she becomes a member.
(11) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this section, the Acts shall apply to a woman who has been married both during and after her coverture as if she had never been married.
(12) It shall be the duty of every woman being an insured person and a member of an approved society who marries after the passing of this Act to give notice of her marriage to such society within eight weeks after such marriage and if such society pays to any such woman who has failed to give such notice any sum by way of benefit to which she would not have been entitled by reason of her marriage such society shall, if it was not aware of her marriage, be entitled, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, to deduct the amount so paid from the amount of her marriage benefit or, if she again becomes a member of such society on becoming insurably employed within one year of her marriage, from any benefits to which she may become entitled within two years of the date on which she again so becomes a member of such society.
Junior assistant mistresses in National Schools.
16.—(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts the Minister for Education shall, for the purposes of the provisions of the said Acts relating to the payment and collection of contributions, be deemed to be the employer of junior assistant mistresses employed in National Schools.
(2) This section shall come into force on the 6th day of January, 1930.
Amendment of section 112 of the Act of 1911.
17.—Paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 112 of the Act of 1911 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “other than a private dwelling-house not being a workshop” now contained therein.
Amendment of section 12 of the Act of 1918.
18.—Sub-section (2) of section 12 of the Act of 1918 and the proviso to the said sub-section are hereby amended by the deletion of the word “three” whenever that word occurs and the insertion in lieu thereof of the word “seven.”
Limitation of right to pay contributions in respect of period of unemployment.
19.—(1) Where a woman being an insured person marries after the passing of this Act and again becomes employed after the date of her marriage and within twelve months thereof, she shall not be entitled in respect of any period during which she remains an insured person commencing from the date on which she again becomes so employed to avail herself of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act of 1918.
(2) An employed contributor who is over eighteen years of age at the date of entry into insurance shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 13 of the Act of 1918 unless he proves to the approved society of which he is a member or unless, in the case of a dispute, it is decided in the manner provided by the Act of 1911 that he is ordinarily and mainly dependent for his livelihood on his earnings from employment within the meaning of Part I. of the Act of 1911, and, if his unemployment arises from incapacity for work due to some specific disease or bodily or mental disablement, he also proves that such disease or disablement is not a recurrence or continuance of any specific disease or bodily or mental disablement from which he may have suffered at any time within the twelve months immediately preceding the date of his entry into insurance.
Amendments of the Act of 1923.
20.—(1) The following amendments are hereby made in the Act of 1923, that is to say:—
(a) in paragraph (b) of sub-section (1) of section 20 there shall be inserted after the word “soldier” now contained therein the words “who has enlisted for a period of not less than six months' army service, and”;
(b) in sub-section (2) of section 25 the words “other than a commissioned officer, a cadet who has become a member of the Armed Forces for the purposes of training for appointment to commissioned rank, or a man who on the completion of a period of army service has been transferred to the Reserve (in pursuance of Chapter V. of Part II. of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 30 of 1923))” shall be substituted for the words “of whatever rank”.
(2) The expression “discharge” when used in Part IV. of the Act of 1923 in relation to a soldier shall include and be deemed always to have included transfer to the Reserve as aforesaid.
(3) The weekly contribution payable under section 20 of the Act of 1923 in respect of a soldier shall not be payable in respect of any period exceeding twenty-one days during which such soldier is absent without leave.
Reservists undergoing training.
21.—(1) Where a man belonging to the Reserve complies with the following conditions, namely:—
(a) is undergoing training under section 220 of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 30 of 1923) and is in receipt of pay in respect of such training out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas for defence service, and
(b) is immediately before commencing to undergo such training an insured person,
such man shall for the purposes of the Acts, be deemed while undergoing such training to be employed within the meaning of the said Acts and to be in the sole employment of the Minister for Defence.
(2) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on and shall be in force and have effect as on and from the 1st day of January, 1929.
Reservists on service.
22.—Part IV. of the Act of 1923 shall, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be prescribed, apply to men belonging to the Reserve when called out on service otherwise than under section 220 of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1923 (No. 30 of 1923), and also to officers of the Reserve specially called out or commissioned for such service, but save as aforesaid shall not apply to such men or officers.
Abolition of sanatorium benefit and Insurance Committees.
23.—(1) On and from the 1st day of January, 1930, sanatorium benefit shall cease to be included among the benefits conferred by Part I. of the Act of 1911.
(2) On and from the 1st day of January, 1930, insurance committees shall cease to exist and the provisions of the Acts in relation to such committees shall cease to apply.
(3) On the 1st day of January, 1930, all property, assets and liabilities of insurance committees shall vest in the Insurance Commissioners and the said Commissioners shall take such action as may be necessary for winding up the affairs of such committees.
(4) Every official of an insurance committee serving at the date of the passing of this Act whose appointment has been sanctioned by the Insurance Commissioners shall be entitled, in the case of an official who has less than ten completed years of service with such committee, to a gratuity calculated on the basis of one-eighth of the amount of his annual remuneration on the 31st day of December, 1929, for every completed year of his service and in the case of an official who has ten or more completed years of service with such committee, to a gratuity calculated on the basis of one-sixth of the amount of his annual remuneration on the 31st day of December, 1929, for every completed year of his service.
(5) Any moneys required for the purposes of paying gratuities under the foregoing sub-section shall be paid out of any surplus standing to the credit of the Sanatorium Benefit Fund, the General Administration Fund and the administration fund of every insurance committee as at the 31st day of December, 1929.
(6) The Insurance Commissioners may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, make regulations in relation to all or any of the following matters, that is to say:—
(a) the manner in which any surplus standing to the credit of the Sanatorium Benefit Fund or the General Administration Fund or the credit of the administration fund of any insurance committee after all liabilities have been met is to be disposed of;
(b) the manner in which any deficit in the Sanatorium Benefit Fund or the administration fund of any insurance committee is to be met;
(c) the making of such other financial adjustments as in the opinion of the Insurance Commissioners are necessary for carrying this section into effect;
(d) the determination of any agreements entered into by insurance committees under any enactment which ceased to apply to such committees by virtue of this section or the transferring to other persons on such conditions as may be prescribed by such regulations any rights or liabilities under any such agreements.
Grant to counties and county boroughs.
24.—(1) By way of compensation for the withdrawal after the year 1929 of the moneys theretofore available under paragraph (a) of sub-section (2) of section 16 of the Act of 1911 for the defraying of sanatorium benefit, there shall be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas in every year after the year 1929 a sum of £27,750 and such sum shall annually be distributed among such councils of counties and county boroughs and such boards of health and in such manner and subject to such conditions as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, shall appoint.
(2) Any sum distributed under this section to a council or board who have undertaken in pursuance of the Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, the provision of treatment for inhabitants of their district suffering from tuberculosis shall be applied by them in relief of the expenses incurred by them in the execution of the said Acts.
(3) Where a council or board have not undertaken in pursuance of the Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, the provision of treatment for the inhabitants of their district suffering from tuberculosis, any sum which may be distributed to any such council or board under this section, shall be applied by them in the provision of treatment for insured persons within their district suffering from tuberculosis, in such manner as the Minister for Local Government and Public Health shall approve or direct.
(4) A council or board to whom any sum has been distributed under this section and who have undertaken in pursuance of the Tuberculosis (Ireland) Acts, 1908 and 1913, the provision of treatment for inhabitants of their district suffering from tuberculosis, shall not be entitled to recover from any insured person, being an inhabitant of their district, suffering from tuberculosis, the cost of any institutional treatment afforded by them in any year to such person so long as the total cost of institutional treatment afforded by them to such persons in such year does not exceed three-fifths of the sum distributed in such year as aforesaid and every such insured person in need of institutional treatment for tuberculosis shall in any year in which the total cost aforesaid does not at any time exceed the limit hereinbefore specified be entitled to receive such treatment free of charge.
Provision of funds for Medical Certification Fund.
25.—(1) There shall be debited—
(a) to the benefit fund of every approved society in respect of each member (not being a serving soldier) of such society the sum of five pence for the year 1929 and the sum of two shillings for the year 1930 and for every succeeding year; and
(b) to the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund in respect of each member (not being a serving soldier) of that fund the sum of five pence for the year 1929 and the sum of two shillings for the year 1930 and for every succeeding year; and
(c) to the Deposit Contributors Fund for the year 1929 in respect of each member of that fund the sum of five pence; and
(d) to the Exempt Persons Fund for the year 1929 in respect of each member of that fund the sum of two pence and one halfpenny.
(2) The several sums directed by the foregoing sub-section to be debited to the benefit fund of every approved society, the Military Forces (International Arrangements) Insurance Fund, the Deposit Contributors Fund and the Exempt Persons Fund respectively shall be credited to the Medical Certification Fund.
(3) For the purpose of calculating the total sums to be debited to any fund under this section the total number of members (not being serving soldiers) of a society or fund shall be calculated in such manner as the Insurance Commissioners shall direct.
(4) There shall be credited for the year 1929 to the Medical Certification Fund out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas such sums as together with the sums to be credited for that year to the said fund under the foregoing provisions of this section shall be sufficient to meet the sums directed by this Act to be paid in that year out of the Medical Certification Fund.
Sums to be paid out of Medical Certification Fund.
26.—There shall be paid out of the Medical Certification Fund—
(a) such sums in respect of the year 1929 and of every subsequent year as the Insurance Commissioners, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, may determine to be payable to medical practitioners for medical certification, and
(b) such sums as may be required to meet the cost of obtaining second medical opinions on and from the 1st day of January, 1929, to the 31st day of December, 1929, through the medium of medical referees under the scheme established for that purpose by the Insurance Commissioners with the approval of the Minister for Finance, and
(c) such sums in respect of the year 1929 and of every subsequent year as the Insurance Commissioners, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, may determine to be payable towards meeting the cost of administering the medical certification scheme.
Second medical opinions on and after 1st January, 1930.
27.—On and from the 1st day of January, 1930, the cost of obtaining second medical opinions through the medium of medical referees under the scheme established for that purpose by the Insurance Commissioners, with the approval of the Minister for Finance, shall be met out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
Recovery of contributions.
28.—(1) Where an employer has failed or neglected to pay any contributions which under the Acts he is liable to pay in respect of an employed contributor and which accrued due on or after the 3rd day of January, 1927, the amount which he has so failed or neglected to pay shall be a debt due and payable by such employer to the Insurance Commissioners, and, without prejudice to any other method of recovery, shall be recoverable from such employer, his executors and administrators, by the said Commissioners as a civil debt in any court of competent jurisdiction, and when so recovered and paid shall be treated as a payment in satisfaction of such contributions.
(2) If an employer being a company, fails to pay to the Insurance Commissioners any sum which has been recovered against it in an action brought under the foregoing sub-section, that sum shall be a debt due to the Insurance Commissioners jointly and severally from any of the directors of such company who knew, or could reasonably be expected to have known, of the failure or neglect to pay the contribution or contributions which gave rise to such action, and such sum shall be recoverable as a civil debt in any court of competent jurisdiction and proceedings for the recovery thereof may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the date of the order for payment made against such company in such action.
(3) Where an employer has failed or neglected to pay any contributions which under the Acts he is liable to pay in respect of an employed contributor or has failed or neglected to comply in relation to an employed contributor with the regulations relating to the payment and collection of contributions and by reason thereof the employed contributor or any person claiming through him has lost in whole or in part any benefits to which he would have been entitled under the Acts, and no proceedings have been taken under section 40 of the Act of 1918 by any person to recover the amount of the benefits so lost the Insurance Commissioners may in the name and on behalf of such contributor recover such amount from such employer his executors and administrators as a civil debt in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Accounts of approved societies.
29.—The provisions set forth in the First Schedule to this Act shall have effect with respect to the accounts of approved societies and branches thereof for the year 1930 and subsequent years and the audit of such accounts.
Extension of section 17 of the Act of 1913.
30.—Section 17 of the Act of 1913 which empowers the Insurance Commissioners to authorise variations in the rules of approved societies rendered necessary by the passing of that Act shall have effect as if the reference therein to amendments rendered necessary by the passing of that Act included a reference to variations or amendments rendered necessary by the passing of this Act.
General regulations.
31.—The purposes for which regulations may be made by the Insurance Commissioners under section 65 of the Act of 1911 shall include the purpose of prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed.
Repeals.
32.—The several enactments specified in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule and as on and from the respective dates specified in the fourth column of the said Schedule.
Short title, construction and citation.
33.—(1) This Act may be cited as the National Health Insurance Act, 1929 and shall be construed as one with the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1928.
(2) The National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1928, and this Act may be cited together as the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1929.
FIRST SCHEDULE.
Audit of Accounts of Approved Societies and Branches Thereof.
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, if it appears to any auditor to whom the accounts of an approved society (including the accounts of any officer or servant of the society) have been submitted under paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 35 of the Act of 1911 that any item of account is contrary to law, or that any money or income which ought to have been brought into account has not been so brought into account, the auditor shall disallow the item of account and shall surcharge the amount of any unlawful payment or expenditure, or of any loss or deficiency, upon any member of the committee of management, officer, or servant of the society or other person by whose gross negligence or misconduct that payment or expenditure has been made or authorised or that loss or deficiency has been incurred.
(2) No item of account shall be disallowed or surcharged by the auditor under this paragraph if the same has been sanctioned by the Insurance Commissioners.
2.—(1) The committee of management of an approved society or any person aggrieved by any disallowance or surcharge may, within thirty days after the date of the auditor's certificate, appeal to the Insurance Commissioners, whose decision shall be final, and the procedure on appeal shall be such as may be prescribed.
(2) The Insurance Commissioners may at any stage of the proceedings on appeal, and shall, if so directed by the High Court, state in the form of a special case for the opinion of the Court any question of law arising in the course of the appeal.
3.—(1) The Insurance Commissioners, in considering whether any item of account shall be sanctioned, or in determining any appeal under this Schedule, may, if they are of opinion that any disallowance or surcharge has been or would be lawfully made, but that in the circumstances of the case it is equitable that the disallowance or surcharge should not be made, sanction the item of account and remit the disallowance or surcharge.
(2) Where the item of account or expenditure relates in whole or in part to moneys for the application of which provision is made by scheme, vote, or regulation, the Insurance Commissioners in acting under this paragraph shall have regard to the terms of that scheme, vote, or regulation.
4.—In any case in which an appeal has been made to the Insurance Commissioners, the auditor may reopen the audit for the purpose of giving effect to the decision of the Insurance Commissioners.
5.—(1) Any sum surcharged by the auditor, or any balance certified by him to be due, shall be paid to the Insurance Commissioners by the person who is surcharged or from whom the balance is certified to be due within thirty days after the date of the auditor's certificate, or, if an appeal is lodged and the amount surcharged or certified to be due is not remitted, within thirty days after the date of the decision of the Commissioners, and if not paid within the time aforesaid may be recovered by the Commissioners summarily as a civil debt, and the costs of any proceedings for the recovery of any such sum so far as not recovered from the person surcharged shall be charged to the approved society.
(2) On any proceedings for the recovery of such a sum a certificate purporting to be signed by an auditor appointed under the Act of 1911 shall be conclusive evidence of the facts thereby certified.
6.—Any person who knowingly recharges to the funds of an approved society any sum which has been disallowed by the auditor and has not been allowed by the Insurance Commissioners on appeal shall be guilty of an offence under this Schedule and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding three times the amount of the sum so recharged.
7.—The provisions of this Schedule shall apply to branches of an approved society in like manner as they apply to approved societies.
SECOND SCHEDULE.
Enactments Repealed.
Session and Chapter or Number and Year. | Short title. | Extent of Repeal. | Date of Repeal. |
1 & 2 Geo. V. c. 55. | National Insurance Act, 1911. | Section 2, sub-section (4) of section 4, and sub-section (3) of section 81. | 6th January, 1930. |
3 & 4 Geo. V. c. 37. | National Insurance Act, 1913. | Sections 5 and 9. | 6th January, 1930. |
7 & 8 Geo. V. c. 62. | National Health Insurance Act, 1918. | Sections 8, 10 and 45. | 6th January, 1930. |
9 & 10 Geo. V. c. 36. | National Health Insurance Act, 1919. | The proviso to sub-section (1) of section 1. | 6th January, 1930. |
10 & 11 Geo. V. c. 10. | National Health Insurance Act, 1920. | Sub-section (3) of section 1. | 6th January, 1930. |
No. 20 of 1923. | Sub-section (5) of section 20. | The passing of this Act. |