Uimhir 36 de 1958.

AN tACHT LEASA SHÓISIALAIGH (LEASÚ), 1958.

[An tiontó oifigiúil.]

An Príomh-Acht.

1952, Uimh. 11.

1.—San Acht seo ciallaíonn “an Príomh-Acht” an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952.

An Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht (fostaíochtaí agus fostaíochtaí eiscithe) a leasú.

I. R. Uimh. 373 de 1952.

2.—Leasaítear leis seo an Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht—

(a) trí mhír 9 de Chuid I a scriosadh (is é sin, an mhír a cuireadh isteach sa Chuid sin le hAirteagal 4 de na Rialacháin Leasa Shóisialaigh (Aireamh agus Eisiamh i leith Arachais), 1952), agus

(b) an mhír seo a leanas a chur in ionad míre 1 de Chuid II:

“1. Fostaíocht, nach obair láimhe, de réir ráta luach saothair is fiú níos mó ná ocht gcéad punt sa bhliain nó, i gcásanna nach ngabhann ach seirbhís pháirt-aimsire leis an bhfostaíocht sin, de réir ráta luach saothair is comhionann le ráta luach saothair is mó ná ocht gcéad punt sa bhliain do sheirbhis lán-aimsire.”

Ranníoca a chreidiúnú.

3.—(1) Más rud é, i dtosach feidhme an Achta seo, go dtiocfaidh duine de bhua ailt 2 den Acht seo chun bheith ina ranníocóir fostaithe agus gur duine é a bhí, de bhua míre 1 de Chuid II den Chéad Sceideal a ghabhann leis an bPríomh-Acht, tar éis scor de bheith ina ranníocóir fostaithe—

(a) faoi réir na céad mhíre eile, creidiúnófar ranníoca fostaíochta dó in aghaidh na tréimhse dar thosach an chéad lá den bhliain ranníoca dheiridh roimh an mbliain ar lá di lá tosach feidhme an Achta seo agus dar chríoch an lá díreach roimh an lá tosach feidhme sin,

(b) ní chreidiúnófar ranníoc fostaíochta dó in aghaidh aon tseachtaine ranníoca dá mbeidh ranníoc fostaíochta, seachas ranníoc fostaíochta nach ináirithe ach amháin chun críocha pinsin (ranníocach) baintrí, íoctha nó creidiúnaithe ina leith cheana féin.

(2) Más rud é, agus forálacha an Phríomh-Achta modhnaithe le rialacháin arna ndéanamh chun críocha ailt 12 den Acht sin maidir lena bhfeidhm i gcás daoine ar fostú i bhfostaíochtaí sonraithe, go scoirfidh an modhnú d'éifeacht a bheith aige go hiomlán nó go páirteach de dhroim tuilleadh rialachán a dhéanamh—

(a) faoi réir na céad mhíre eile, maidir le duine a thiocfaidh ar an scor chun bheith árachaithe le haghaidh sochair nua de bhua an scoir, déanfar, chun críocha na gcoinníollacha ranníoca don sochar sin, ranníoca fostaíochta a chreidiúnú don duine sin in aghaidh na tréimhse dar thosach an chéad lá den bhliain ranníoca dheiridh roimh an mbliain ar lá di lá an scoir agus dar chríoch an lá díreach roimh lá an scoir,

(b) ní chreidiúnófar ranníoc fostaíochta dó in aghaidh aon tseachtaine ranníoca dá mbeidh ranníoc fostaíochta is ináirithe chun críocha na gcoinníollacha ranníoca don sochar nua íoctha nó creidiúnaithe ina leith cheana féin.

Gearrtheideal, comhlua, forléiriú agus tosach feidhme.

4.—(1) Féadfar an tAcht Leasa Shóisialaigh (Leasú), 1958, a ghairm den Acht seo.

(2) Féadfar na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 go 1958, a ghairm de na hAchtanna Leasa Shóisialaigh, 1952 agus 1956, agus den Acht seo le chéile agus forléireofar i dteannta a chéile iad mar aon Acht amháin.

(3) Tiocfaidh an tAcht seo i ngníomh cibé lá a cheapfaidh an tAire le hordú.

Number 36 of 1958.

SOCIAL WELFARE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1958.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 36 of 1958.

SOCIAL WELFARE (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1958.

Principal Act.

1.—In this Act “the Principal Act” means the Social Welfare Act, 1952.

Amendment of First Schedule to Principal Act (employments and excepted employments).

2.—-The First Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the deletion of paragraph 9 of Part I (being the paragraph inserted in that Part by Article 4 of the Social Welfare (Insurance Inclusions and Exclusions) Regulations, 1952), and

(b) the substitution for paragraph 1 of Part II of the following paragraph:

“1. Employment, otherwise than by way of manual labour, at a rate of remuneration exceeding in value eight hundred pounds a year, or in cases where such employment involves part-time service only, at a rate of remuneration which is equivalent to a rate of remuneration exceeding eight hundred pounds a year for whole-time service.”

Crediting of contributions.

3.—(1) Where, on the commencement of this Act, a person becomes by virtue of section 2 of this Act an employed contributor and he is a person who, by virtue of paragraph 1 of Part II of the First Schedule to the Principal Act, had ceased to be an employed contributor—

(a) subject to the next paragraph, he shall be credited with employment contributions in respect of the period which began on the first day of the contribution year last preceding that in which the commencement of this Act occurs and ended on the day immediately before such commencement,

(b) he shall not be credited with an employment contribution in respect of any contribution week for which an employment contribution, other than an employment contribution reckonable only for the purposes of widow's (contributory) pension, has already been paid or credited for him.

(2) Where, the provisions of the Principal Act having been modified by regulations made for the purposes of section 12 of that Act in their application to persons employed in specified employments, the modification ceases to have effect in whole or in part consequent upon the making of further regulations—

(a) subject to the next paragraph, a person, becoming on the cesser insured for a new benefit by virtue of the cesser shall, for the purposes of the contribution conditions for that benefit, be credited with employment contributions in respect of the period which began on the first day of the contribution year last preceding that in which the cesser occurs and ended on the day immediately before the cesser,

(b) he shall not be credited with an employment contribution in respect of any contribution week for which an employment contribution reckonable for the purposes of the contribution conditions for the new benefit has already been paid or credited for him.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

4.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1958.

(2) The Social Welfare Acts, 1952 and 1956, and this Act may be cited together as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1958, and shall be construed together as one Act.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister appoints by order.