S.I. No. 229/1968:

SOCIAL WELFARE (INSURABLE (OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES) EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

SOCIAL WELFARE (INSURABLE (OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES) EMPLOYMENT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1968.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) and section 3 (9) of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Insurable (Occupational Injuries) Employment) (Amendment) Regulations, 1968.

(2) The Social Welfare (Insurable (Occupational Injuries) Employment) Regulations, 1967 (No. 80 of 1967), hereinafter referred to as "the Principal Regulations", and these Regulations shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Insurable (Occupational Injuries) Employment) Regulations, 1967 and 1968.

2. The Principal Regulations shall be amended by the addition thereto of the following article :--

" 8. For the purposes of section 3 of the Act of 1966, the following employment shall be included among the insurable (occupational injuries) employments--

Employment by the Minister for Labour as Manager of an Employment Office where--

(a) the employment involves attendance for less than 18 hours in a contribution week, or

(b) the person employed is not mainly dependent for his livelihood on the earnings derived by him from such employment".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this

6th day of November, 1968.

SEOSAMH Ó BRAONÁIN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this

6th day of November, 1968.

SEÁN Ó LOINSIGH,

Acting Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Employment as Manager of an Employment Office, except where it involves attendance for less than 18 hours in a contribution week or where the Manager is not mainly dependent on it for his livelihood, was included in the employments insurable under the Social Welfare Acts, including the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 , by the Social Welfare (Insurance Inclusions and Exclusions) Regulations, 1968 ( S.I. No. 51 of 1968 ).

The present Regulations provide that both types of employment as Manager of an Employment Office which are excepted from social insurance by the above regulations shall be insurable (occupational injuries) employment for the purposes of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 .