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S.I. No. 628/2002 - Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 2002
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment Regulations, 2002.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations come into operation -
(a) in so far as they relate to injury benefit and disablement gratuity on 30 December 2002, and
(b) in so far as they relate to disablement pension on 3 January 2003.
Definition.
3. In these Regulations, “the Regulations of 2001” means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 2001 (
S.I. No. 652 of 2001
).
Increased rates of benefits and pensions under the occupational injuries scheme.
4. The Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries Regulations, 1967 (
S.I. No. 77 of 1967
) are amended by -
(a) the substitution for the Second Schedule thereto (inserted by article 5 of the Regulations of 2001) of the Schedule set out in Schedule A to these Regulations, subject in respect of the Scale set out in the said Second Schedule (as inserted by these Regulations), to the following provisions -
(i) the rates of pension specified in column (3) of the Scale shall have effect on and from 3 January 2003 whether the period taken into account by the assessment began on, before, or after that date, and,
(ii) the amounts of gratuity specified in column (2) of the Scale shall be payable only where the period taken into account by the assessment of the degree of disablement began on or after 30 December 2002, and
(b) the substitution for the Fourth Schedule thereto (inserted by article 5 of the Regulations of 2001) of the Schedule set out in Schedule B to these Regulations.
SCHEDULE A
“SECOND SCHEDULE
Articles 6 and 7
Scale of Disablement Gratuities and of Weekly Rates of Pension in Lieu of Disablement Gratuities
Degree of Disablement
Amount of Gratuity
Weekly Rate of Pension
(1)
(2)
(3)
Per Cent
EUR
EUR
1
1,091
1.60
2
1,637
3.10
3
2,182
4.70
4
2,728
6.20
5
3,273
7.80
6
3,819
9.40
7
4,364
10.90
8
4,910
12.50
9
5,455
14.00
10
6,001
15.60
11
6,546
17.10
12
7,092
18.70
13
7,637
20.30
14
8,183
21.80
15
8,728
23.40
16
9,274
24.90
17
9,819
26.50
18
10,365
28.10
19
10,910
29.60
SCHEDULE B
“
FOURTH SCHEDULE
PART I
Article 4
Weekly Rates of Injury Benefit Payable to Persons under the Age of Sixteen Years
Weekly rate
(1)
(2)
EUR
(a) Where the relevant employment or (if more than one) the relevant employments were, or amounted in the aggregate to, full-time employment or substantially full-time employment ... ... ...
124.80
(b) In any other case ... ... ... ... ... ...
59.70
GIVEN
under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs this 17th day of December, 2002.
MARY COUGHLAN
Minister for Social and Family Affairs.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(
This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation
.)
The
Social Welfare Act, 2002
provides for increases in the maximum rates of benefits payable under the Occupational Injuries Benefits Scheme arising from the Budget. These Regulations provide for increases in the reduced rates of the following Occupational Injuries benefits
- in respect of Disablement Gratuities appropriate to degrees of disablement assessed at 19% or less with effect from 30 December 2002,
- in respect of Disablement Pension payable in lieu of such Gratuities, with effect from 3 January 2003, and
- in respect of Injury Benefit payable to persons under the age of sixteen with effect from 30 December 2002.
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 4 (as amended by
section 12
of the
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002
(No. 8 of 2002)), 53 (as amended by
section 37
of the
Social Welfare Act, 2001
(No. 5 of 2001)), 54 (as amended by
section 20
of the
Social Welfare Act, 1994
((No. 4 of 1994)) and 57 (as amended by
section 19
of the
Social Welfare Act, 2001
) of the
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993
(No. 27 of 1993) hereby makes the following Regulations
Citation.