ACT No. XXX of 1986 AN ACT ' uTtheT ro Ulntlld tht Nlllional /n$/lTIIIIU Act, /956.

I assenl.

(L.S.)

A O.HH/I a ",RIlAR/I

ht August, 1986

ACT No. XXX of 1986

AN ACT ' uTtheT ro Ulntlld tht Nlllional /n$/lTIIIIU Act, /956.

IJE IT EN ACTED by the Presiden t. by and with !he advig: and

consent of tile House of Representatives. in thi. ~t Parliament

assembled. and by the authority of the same. as fo!1ows: _

I. (]) Thi s Act may be cited as the Nalionallns\lJ1lnce {All\(:nd. Sbon till< pd

menU (No. 2) Act. 1986. and diaD be read and construed as onc with the "'""o ........ ,_t

Nat ional Insu~nce Act. 1956. hereinafter referred to as " tM principlll /101 VI of I~

Act".

(2) Sections 2. 3. 4, 6. 7, 8, 10, 11 and ]2 of this Act shan be

deemed 10 have come into force OD the 4th h nuary, 1986. whil5tlCClions

5 and 9 shall come in to force on the 2nd August. 1986.

&ction 10 of the principlll Act shan be amended as follows

(I)

dU/if is-Sigunl Nanjonali (Emenda Nru. 2). u ghandu jinqara u jiftiellem u bidu n._filL

haga wallda ma' I·AII Ill' 1. 1956 dwar is-SigunlL Nazzjonali. Itawnllel:k All VI uo' 1-1956

ii:jed 'i l quddiem imsejjah ··I,All prin<.'ipali".

(2) L-anikoli 2. J, 4. 6, 7. 8, 10. I I u 12 ta' dan I-AU Illlf.nd-

Itom jitqie!iu li bdew l1s-sehh n·4 ta ' JannaT. 1986, filwaql1i l·aTlikoli S u 9

ghandhom jibdcw isehhu 111-2 la' Awissu, 1986.

L-artik olu 10 ta' I·Atl prin~ipali ghandu jig; emendat kif gcj

~.

(i) minflok il·parullr.l fu m tas·subanikolu H) tieghu llhandu

jirl1lol dan li gcj

•• ([) A IIOl!'/jIlre glial il!iema;'": u

fiJ.puragrafu ial

lus-subani kol u

lieghu, il-id iem

(ii)

(2)

"allowallrt la ' lUlUr:' u ""llowuncf la' tulUT u" rispen ivimen t.

ghandhom jilllassru.

L·all itoiu 16 la'l·An prin<.'ipal i ghandu jig; emendat kif pj ; Emooda ta'

J.

fil-parogra fu (b) Ill$-Subartikolu (6) liegbu. mionul1b wara

(i)

t--An ptlnlipall.

1·l:liern "ma ghandhiex Ik un itjed minn tev,'g terzi" ghandh(Hll ji:l;.

diedu I·tl iern '", taltulal; sa l-eqreb hames ~nldm u."; u

iiil minnufih n .. hhar tas-suOOrtikolu i7) tiegllu llhandu ji:t-

died dan il·proviso

"Iida

(a) Drmla li llhandltll d rin KllaJJ-p;:nsjoni minima tUlZ·

ljooa!i skond id·dispotiZ1joniji~1 la' dan I·artikolu. iida li

dwarha ma japplitax il-po ragrafu (b1 tas-subarl ikolu (6) la' dan

l-anikolu. ghandha timev; t icda ckwivaknl; glial darbtejn

I·imsemm lja ticda f'dDn i5-5ubanikol u minnok I·imsemmija

ticda: u

(b) arntla li dwarltll japplika I·paragmfu (b) 1a$-sub-

aniiolu (6) ta ' dao l-anikolu g!\a odba Illti evi t ieda ohra kif

inhu iod ik., fil·Pa ni IV tad-Llisa' Skeda Ji tinsab ma' dan

I-A tt, li uog.lladd mai.-Zieda li ghandba .itha Uas tahl jJ·Parli

HI ta ' l-iskeda msemmija li unsab !Wl' dao I-AIt, I:::.all:::ulata

fuq il·m<dja fis-scna tal-konlribunjonijict kif imscmmi Qabcl

f'dan is·5ubanikolu. ''.

Minnok I·artikolu 18 ta' I·An principali gftandu jidhol dan li

18, BID hsara gIlad-dispotizzjonij~, ta' dao I·AII. kulJ

mio ghandu f'idejh il·kuta ulI·,ifcl jew tifJa la' xi hadd ic hor

gIIandu, jckk ii.-uwl\ !\Coituri tat.ufcl jcw tifla jkuou mcjuo

u mill·ioqas wiehed mill·!\Coituri tien , mcta miel, persuna assi-

llUl'llta, ikoll u drilt glial Allowance ghal il ,iema dwar kuJl

wictlctl minn dawo il·Ifa!.",

S. Mio.oufih wan. I-artikolu 24 la' I·Aa princi pali glland u jifdied

dan I·artiiolu !AA !\did 1i !\Ci;

lIk1ispo.ti.zzjonijicl ta' l-anikol i 19 &D 24 u 28 ta'

(0 fOf' paragraph (ij of WbsectiOD (I ) thereof there shall be

substituted the following

"m Orphan's allowance;"; a nd

(ii) in pIIragraph (a) of subsection (2) thereof. the wordli

"gu.ard ian's allowance," and "a gu.ardian's al10wance and" respec-

tively, shall be deleted.

J.

Section 16 of the principal Act shllll be amended as followl

in pllragraph (b) of subsection (6) tbcrrof, immediately

(i)

after lhe wordli "shall not e~oeed two-thirds" there shaU be inserted

the words " . calculated 10 the nearest fifth cent,": and

(iil immediately at the cnd of subsection I7Ithercof there shall

be added the following proviSO

" Provided that

(a) a widow who is entitled to receive the nation al mi·

nimum pension under the provision~ of this section. but in

whose respect paragraph (b) of subsection (6) of this se<::tion

does not apply. shall receive an increase equivalent to twice the

increase as aforesaid in thi$ sub~tion in lieu of sucb aforesaid

increase; and

(b) a widow in respect of whom paragraph (b) of sub-

section (6) of this section is applicable shall receive a further

increa se as shown under Pari IV of the Ninth Schedule to thi s

Act in addition to the increase payable under Pan nI of the

said &hedu1e to this Act. calculated on the yearly average of

contributions as aforesaid in this subsection ....

For section 18 of the priocipal Act there ~hall be substituted

the following

Subject 10 the provisions of this Act. any person who

"Orpl>a.o'.

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has the care of a child of another person shall, if both parents

of the child are dead and at least one of the parents was, at

the time of death, an insured person, be entitled to an Orphan's

allowance for each such child ....

S. Immediately after section 24 of the principal Act there shall be

added the followi llS new section 24A

··Eln..,UOD

The provisions of sections 19 10 24 and 28 of this

~D:i:'ry Act shall be applicable to any self-employed person who is

ga infully occupied and who proves to the satisfaction of the

d;"~t Director that he has had no income from his gain ful OCCIIJXl'

tion during his incapacity for work or the line of business or

similar conccrn or activity to which his gainful occupation

I

SQspen d· '"" •

relates has either been temporarily, but compelely.

or that nobody is running the said business or simi lar concern

on his behalf during his incapacity for work ....

Section 25 of the principal Act shaH be amended a~ fol low s

6. (i)

paragraph (d) of subsection (I) thereof shall be deleted;

.od

paragraph (c) of subsection (2) thereof ~hall be deleted.

(iil

7. In par-.. graph (a) of the proviso to section 31 of the principal

Act the words ", guardian's allowance" shaH be deleted .

8. In subsection (l) of section 32, Ihe words "a guardian's allow.

ance or" wherever they occur. shall be delete<!.

Ammd<n<1>l o{

9. inml ... ..Jiately at lile end of paragraph la) of sectioll 33 of the

O«;tioa 3l of

pri ncipal ACI Ihere ~hall be added Ihe following

"'" priDc:ipal

'd

" Provided IlIal. where socII per50n is a married man who prior

10 such an event as aforesaid was wllolly maintai ning his wife. bis

wife ~lIalJ be entitled 10 recch'e lIalf Ihe pension which would baYe

been payable 10 her husband had he not been disqualified as afore-

$lIid. proyided she is nOI already em illed to a pension under this

Act in her own righl. or ili in iusurable cmploymenl. or is pinfully

occupied as a self-employed person ....

Ill. Immedialely after section 87 of lile priDeipal ACi t!lerc 'iuoU be Addil:ioo. 01

omioallA ..

added the follo .... i.ug new section

"'" priDcipot

tIJ Wbere a widow or a wldo,"cr rc-llUU'rics or ~

- EIo ......... ~'

87A. bad re-marned be10re the 4tb day of January. 19~6. with dfce t

from the 4tb day of ] anWU)', 1 9~6, a chi ld aUowance shall be

pa~able in respect of the first lilree chilOreD born ItS a result of

such ,l)-JUarriage at the rates specif ied in sub-palllgruphs (D, (i i)

and (iii) of paragraph (a) of sectIon 76 of th,s Act, as the case

may be. DO!wittl5tanding the fact that _

iil such children IlIU~ tUtve been borll alter the

firsl day of November, 1974, and

iii) tbat such widow or widower may have bad or

sliIl have olber cbildreo from ber or hi! prcvious maniage

or marriages who had been or still are eligible for a chi ld

allowance.

(2) For the purposes of subsection OJ of this soc·

lion the provisioO$ of the proviso 10 section 72 and ICCtiooB 75.

77 and 110 to 87 of this Act shall apply; and for all other pur·

poses of this Act any child aJkr",;l.1ICC pilyable in acootdaoce

with this section sball be considered as if payable under the

proyision5 of section 72 of this Act."_

,. """

U . The Th ird Schedule 10 the principal Act shall be a mcodai as Iunoadmwl uf

m ill Pan I Ihercof the words -', Guardian'! AUoWlltlt;t" M,.

sh all be deleted: and

for Paft VII thereof there shall be ~ u bslilUl ed the fnl·

liD

lowing

" PA RT VII

Wed tly Rafe IIf Orphan's AlJo,,-aare ptr Cblld

Where a child allowance is being paid under Pan

Lm3.00,O

V1JI of Ihis ACI

Where no child allowance is being paid under Pan

Lm4 .90.0".

VTll of Ihis Act

.,f

U. Immediately afler Pari JI[ of the Ninth Schedule to the prin.

Ammd",.."

oh<- NiDt/t

cipal Act there $h~1I be added the following new Part IV;

-~ .

tbo prio.cipol

" PA RT IV

'"

Ful1he, incl"Use in tbe rate of ~",,;" n 10 a widow undl'r pamglllph

(b) of I~ p'o,-iso 10 subsedion (7) of fioedion 16 of the Act

V<.,l y ... ral" of "",,!ribu,; ... , pold Or credil«l

MHim ..... Woolly

Il ", ~ of 1n<J'U"

Lmcm

50 or more (f uH rate)

0.30.0

0.25.0

40 -

30 -

0.20.0

0. 15,0",

20 -

Passed by the House of RepresentBli..es al Sitting No. 374 of the 29th J uly, 1986.

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