S.I. No. 1/1968:

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

SOCIAL WELFARE (CONTRIBUTIONS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

I, JOSEPH BRENNAN, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on my by sections 3 and 7 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), hereby make the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968.

(2) The Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1967, and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1968.

2. In these Regulations "the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 5 of 1953 ).

3. The Principal Regulations are hereby amended by the insertion after article 10B (inserted by the Social Welfare (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations, 1961) ( S.I. No. 139 of 1961 ) of the following article:--

" 10C--(1) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations and notwithstanding the provisions of article 6 thereof, an employment contribution shall be credited to an insured person for any week during the whole or part of which he attends a course of training provided or approved of by An Chomhairle Oiliúna, provided that--

(a) an employment contribution, other than a contribution under section 36 (2) of the Act of 1966, is not payable in respect of him or an employment contribution in respect of duly notified incapacity for work is not credited to him for that week, and

(b) evidence of the satisfaction of the Minister is furnished of the person's attendance at such training.

(2) An employment contribution credited by virtue of this article to a person who is a voluntary contributor or to whom article 5 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956 ( S.I. No. 236 of 1956 ) applies or applied when he was last in employment shall be taken into account in relation to a widow's (contributory) pension only or such pension and an old age (contributory) pension, as the case may be.

(3) The restriction provided for in article 5 of these Regulations in relation to the grant of credits in respect of periods of incapacity for work or of unemployment shall apply also to the grant of credits by virtue of this article."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 1st day of January, 1968.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the existing Social Welfare (Contributions) Regulations, 1953 to 1967, which deal with, inter alia, the crediting of employment contributions in respect of periods of unemployment and incapacity for work and periods prior to entry into insurance. This amendment provides for the granting of credited contributions in respect of a period of training provided or approved of by An Chomhairle Oiliúna where employment contributions (other than contributions for occupational injuries insurance only) are not payable in respect of the trainee for the period of training.