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Treatment of soldiers as em ployed contributors.
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21.—A soldier in respect of whom a sum of four pence and one half-penny per week is paid by the Minister for Defence under the provisions of this Part of this Act shall until his discharge be treated as an employed contributor subject to the following modifications:—
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(a) The weekly sums paid by the Minister for Defence shall be treated for all purposes as payments of contributions at the employed rate.
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(b) He shall be entitled to Maternity benefit, but not to Sickness, Disablement or Sanatorium benefit.
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(c) The date of his enlistment as a soldier, or, if he enlisted before the passing of this Act, the date from which weekly sums became payable in respect of him by the Minister for Defence under this Part of this Act shall, unless he was at the date of his enlistment an insured person, be treated as the date of his entry into insurance.
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(d) There shall be credited to the Approved Society or Fund of which he is a member a sum equal to five pence and one half-penny for each weekly contribution paid, and an equal sum shall be treated as having been expended on benefits, and the proper proportion thereof shall accordingly be paid out of money provided by the Oireachtas.
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