Equal Treatment in Occupational Social Security Schemes

L. N. 13 of 2016

SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

(CAP. 318)

Equal Treatment in Occupational Social Security Schemes

(Amendment) Regulations, 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 134 of the Social

Security Act, the Minister for the Family and Social Solidarity has

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Equal Treatment in Citation.

Occupational Social Security Schemes (Amendment) Regulations,

2016, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with

the Equal Treatment in Occupational Social Security Schemes S.L. 318.20

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

In the title of the principal regulations, for the words Amends the title

"Social Security Schemes" there shall be substituted the words of

regulations.

"Social Security and other Pension Schemes".

Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

regulation 1 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a)

in sub-regulation (1) thereof, for the words "Social

Security Schemes" there shall be substituted the words "Social

Security and other Pension Schemes";

(b)

sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be substituted by

the following

"(2) These regulations give effect to the relevant

provisions of Directive 2006/54/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of the 5th July 2006 on the

implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and

equal treatment of men and women in matters of

employment and occupation (recast).";

(c)

in sub-regulation (3) thereof, for the words "social

security schemes" there shall be substituted the words "social

security and other pension schemes"; and

(d)

in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (4) thereof, for

the words "of the latter’s employment.", there shall be

substituted the words "of the latter’s employment;", and

immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new

"(d) pension schemes for particular categories of

workers which provide for benefits payable by reason of

the employment relationship with the public employer and

established under the Malta Armed Forces Act, the Police

Act, the Prisons Act and the Pensions Ordinance.".

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended

(a)

for the definition "the Act" in sub-regulation (1)

thereof, there shall be substituted the following

" "the Acts" means the Social Security Act, the

Malta Armed Forces Act, the Police Act, the Prisons Act

and the Pensions Ordinance;";

(b)

immediately after the definition "principle of equal

treatment" in sub-regulation (1) thereof, there shall be added the

following new definition

" "scheme" means occupational social security

schemes and pension schemes within the scope of these

regulations."; and

(c)

in sub-regulation (2) thereof, for the words

"assigned to them by the Act" there shall be substituted the

words "assigned to them by the Acts".

In paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (2) of

regulation 4 of the principal regulations, for the words "in an

occupational scheme" there shall be substituted the words "in a

In paragraph (b) of regulation 5 of the principal

regulations, for the words "by virtue of an occupational scheme" there

shall be substituted the words "by virtue of a scheme".

In regulation 6 of the principal regulations, for the words

"Where in an occupational scheme" there shall be substituted the

words "Where in a scheme".

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