ACT No. VI of 1984 AN ACT further to QIMnd the Nationallnsuratlu Act, 1956.

I assent.

(LS.)

AOATHA BA!lBAllA

President

HiU! March, 1984

ACT No. VI of 1984

AN ACT further to QIMnd the Nationallnsuratlu Act, 1956.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and

consent of the House of Representatives. in this present Parliament

assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:-

I. (I) This Act may be cited a5 the National Insurance

(Amendment) Act, 1984, and shall be read and construed as one with

the National Insurance Act, 1956. hereinafter referred 10 as "the princi·

pal Ac'''.

(2) The provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have effect

as from the 7th day of January. 1984.

Minnufih warn Hubarlikolu (6) ta' 1-artikolu 16 la' I-AU

printipali ghandu jii:died is-subartikolu gdid Ii gej

"(7) Pensjoni Ii g.handha titballas skond id-dispotizzjonijiel

la' qabel la' dan I-arlikolu Iii armla 1i -

jkollha 60 scna jew it jed: u

(i)

(ii) rna Ikunx qed tiJtievi pensjoni rningltand principal

lal-mejjel :i:ewgtla Ii b'xi mod ikollha x'taqsam rna' I.impieg

tal-mejjet Zewgha. jew. jell tkun qed tirtievi pensjoni btlal

dile. mela dik i1-pensjoni tkun hekk baua Ii dik 1-armla xorta

wabda tikkwalifika glial pensjoni skond is-subartikolu lie) ta'

dan I-artikolu.

gIlandha, mis-7 la' Jannar, 1984, litdied b1-ammonl applikabbli

muri tabt it-Taqsima 1JI tad-Disa' Skeda Ii linsab rna' dan I·An

kalkolat fuq il-bati la' medja fiwena ta' kontribuzzjonijiet stabbilili

dwar it-talba tag1\ha glial Pensjoni ta' Armla.".

lrartikolu 100 la' I-Au PJintipali g!Iandu jigi emendat kif gej

J.

(a) fis-subartikolu (2) tiegllu minOok il-kliem "tewg teni"

ghandhom jidhlu I-kliem "minn sitta bamsa"; u

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(b) fis-subarlikolu (3) tieghu minnok il·kliem "b'tcl7." gIIand-

hom jidhlu l-kHem "minn lnax lIamsa".

Immediately after subsection (6) of section 16 of the principal

Act there shall be added the following DeW .subsection

(7) A pension payable in accordance with the foregoing

provisions of this section to a widow who -

(i) is aged 60 years or over; aDd

(ii) iI not in receipt of a pension from an employer of

her late husband which is in any way related to the employ-

ment of her late husband, nr, if in receipt ot such pension.

where such pension i.s so low that such widow would still

qualify for I pension in accordance with subsection (10 of

this section,

shall, as frnm the 7th January, 1984, be increased by the applicable

amount shown under Part 1t1 of the Ninth Schedule 10 this Act

calculated on the basis of the yearly average of contributions

ascertained in connection with her claim for a Widow's Pension.".

3,

section 100 of the principal Act shall be amended as tollows

(a) in subsection (2) thereof for the words "tw~thirds" th~

Ihal1 be substituted the words "fivwlxths"i aoll

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(h) in subsection (3) thereof for the words "one-third" there

shall be subslilUted the words "five-twelfths".

Immediately after Part II of the Ninlh Schedule 10 tbe princi· Amcll<lm<nt 01

lhe Ninlh

pal Act tnere shall be added the following new Part

SdItdul. to tho

prindpo.l An.

"PART 1IJ

IlUrelUt ill the rate of Pension to a Widow

under subset;Iion (7) 01 section 16 0/ the Act

Yearly average of

Maximum

contributions paid

Weekly Rate

of increase

or crodited

SO or more (full ratc)

1.00,0

40 -

0.90.0

30 -

0.70.0

0.50,0.".

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Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 163 of the 14th March. 1984.

DANU!L MICALLEF

S(Haktr

C. MIFSUD

Clerk /0 the House of Rep'~ntaliYes