S.I. No. 203/1993 - Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

S.I. No. 203 of 1993.

SOCIAL WELFARE (MODIFICATIONS OF INSURANCE) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1993.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 and 7 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981) hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Short title and collective citation.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) (Amendment) Regulations, 1993.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 ( S.I. No. 94 of 1991 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 to 1993.

2 Persons in Insurable (Occupational Injuries) Employment.

2. Article 11 of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for paragraph ( b ) of sub-article (1) of the following paragraph—

"( b ) in attendance at a course which is prescribed for the purposes of section 38 (11) (inserted by section 26 of the Social Welfare Act, 1993 (No. 5 of 1993)) of the Act.", and

( b ) the substitution for sub-article (2) of the following sub-article—

"(2) The provisions of Part II of the Act shall in relation to a person to whom sub-article (1) of this article applies, be modified in he following manner—

(a) (i) the employment contribution payable under section 10 (1) ( b ) (i) shall not be payable in the case of the employed contributor, and

(ii) the employment contribution payable by his employer under section 10(1) (b) (ii) shall comprise a contribution at the rate of 0.5 per cent. of reckonable earnings,

(b) an employment contribution payable by virtue of paragraph ( a ) of this sub-article shall not be reckoned for the purposes of qualifying or requalifying any person for any of the benefits referred to in section 17 of the Act.".

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 25th day of June, 1993.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 25th day of June, 1993.

BERTIE AHERN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide that people participating in the Euroform, Horizon and NOW initiatives of the European Communities will be insured for Occupational Injury Benefits only.