S.I. No. 344/1972 - Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1972.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations, 1972.

(2) The Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1971, the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1972 (

S.I. No. 76 of 1972

); the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1972 (

S.I. No. 222 of 1972

), and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1972.

2. Subject to article 4 of the Regulations, an employment contribution shall be credited to an insured person for each week for which there has been duly paid in respect of that person—

(

a

) an increase of pension under

section 26

(4) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(inserted by

section 9

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968

(No. 31 of 1968) ), or

(

b

) an increase of pension under

section 77

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(inserted by

section 10

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968

), or

section 77

(5) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(inserted by

section 16

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969

, (No. 19 of 1969)), or

(

c

) an old age (care) allowance under

section 21

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1970

(No. 12 of 1970).

3. Employment contributions credited under these Regulations shall be reckonable for the purpose of all benefits and pensions under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1972.

4. (1) Contributions shall not be credited to an insured person under these Regulations until the cessation of the increase or allowance.

(2) An employment contribution shall not be credited to an insured person under these Regulations unless an employment contribution reckonable for benefits including unemployment benefit shall have been paid or credited in respect of such person in either of the two complete contribution years immediately preceding the date from which the increase or allowance was payable.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 29th day of December, 1972.

JOSEPHH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Under the Social Welfare Acts increases of pension or old age (care) allowances are payable in respect of precribed relatives who provide full-time care and attention to certain incapacitated old persons.

These Regulations provide that credited employment contributions may be awarded to such prescribed relatives, on the cessation of the increase or allowance, for each week for which the increase or allowance was payable, provided that the person concerned had had an employment contribution paid or credited in respect of him in either of the two complete contribution years immediately preceding the date from which the increase or allowance was payable.

The credits so awarded will ensure continuity of insurance for persons who may have given up insurable employment to look after an incapacitated relative.

S.I. No. 344 of 1972.

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3) REGULATIONS, 1972.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 3

and

7

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

, (No. 11 of 1952) hereby makes the following Regulations:—