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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1975 S.I. No. 69/1975 - Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975. S.I. No. 69/1975 - Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 69 of 1975. SOCIAL WELFARE (OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1975. I, BRENDAN CORISH, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952), and section 1 of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966), hereby make the following Regulations: 1.
(1)These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1975.
(2)These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 to 1974, may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 to
- These Regulations shall come into operation on the 7th day of April,
- In these Regulations— "the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1967 ); "the Regulations of 1974" means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974 ( S.I. No. 210 of 1974 ).
- Article 4 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended— ( a ) by the substitution in subarticle
(2)(a) of "ten pounds and twenty new pence" for "eight pounds and forty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974), and ( b ) by the substitution in subarticle
(2)(b) of "four pounds and thirty new pence" for "three pounds and fifty-five new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974), and that Article, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Article. TABLE. 4.
(1)Subject to the following provisions of this article, a person under the age of sixteen years shall be entitled to injury benefit in accordance with the provisions of sub-sections
(1)to
(4)or section 8 of the Act.
(2)The weekly rate of injury benefit in the case of any such person shall, subject to the provisions of section 25 of the Act, be— ( a ) ten pounds and twenty new pence where the relevant employment or (if more than one) the relevant employments was, or amounted in the aggregate to, full time employment or substantially full time employment; ( b ) four pounds and thirty new pence in any other case; and such injury benefit shall not be payable otherwise than to a parent or guardian of such person or to a person appointed by the Minister to receive the benefit on behalf of such person.
(3)In the last foregoing subarticle, "relevant employment" means any employment in which the person under the age of sixteen years was or would but for the relevant injury have been employed during the week in which as the result of the relevant injury he first became incapable of work. 5. Article 9 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended— ( a ) by the substitution in subarticle (
- a)of "four pounds and ninety-five new pence", "two pounds and fifty new pence", and "seven pounds and fifty new pence", respectively, for "four pounds and fifteen new pence", "two pounds and ten new pence" and "six pounds and twenty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974), and ( b ) by the substitution in subarticle (
- b)of "ten pounds" for "eight pounds and thirty new pence" (inserted by the Regulations of 1974), and that Article, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this Article. TABLE. 9. The amount by which the weekly rate of disablement pension may be increased under section 13 of the Act where constant attendance is required by a beneficiary as a result of the relevant loss of faculty shall— ( a ) where the beneficiary (not being a case to which paragraph (
- b)of this article relates) is to a substantial extent dependent on such attendance for the necessities of life and is likely to remain so dependent for life or for a period of not less than six months, be four pounds and ninety-five new pence (unless the attendance so required is part-time only, in which case the amount shall be two pounds and fifty new pence) or where the extent of such attendance required is greater by reason of the beneficiary's exceptionally severe disablement, seven pounds and fifty new pence; ( b ) where the beneficiary is so exceptionally severely disabled as to be entirely or almost entirely dependent on such attendance for the necessities of life, and is likely to remain so for life or for a period of not less than six months and the attendance so required is whole-time, be ten pounds. 6.
(1)The Second Schedule to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution, for the scale (inserted by the Regulations of 1974) set out in that Schedule, of the scale set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
(2)The weekly rate of pension specified in column
(3)of the scale set out in the Schedule to these Regulations shall have effect on and from the 7th day of April, 1975, whether the period taken into account by the assessment began on, before or after that date.
(3)Notwithstanding Article 2 of these Regulations, the amount of a disablement gratuity payable by virtue of this Article shall be payable only where the period taken into account by the assessment of the degree of disablement begins on or after the 7th day of April, 1975. SCHEDULE. SCALE OF DISABLEMENT GRATUITIES AND OF WEEKLY RATES OF PENSION IN LIEU OF DISABLEMENT GRATUITIES Degree of Disablement Amount of Gratuity Weekly rate of Pension
(1)
(2)
(3)£ 1 per cent 9000 014 2 ,, ,, 13500 027 3 ,, ,, 18000 040 4 ,, ,, 22500 053 5 ,, ,, 27000 066 6 ,, ,, 31500 079 7 ,, ,, 36000 092 8 ,, ,, 40500 105 9 ,, ,, 45000 l18 10 ,, ,, 49500 l31 11 ,, ,, 54000 145 12 ,, ,, 58500 l58 13 ,, ,, 63000 171 14 ,, ,, 67500 184 15 ,, ,, 72000 l97 16 ,, ,, 76500 210 17 ,, ,, 81000 223 18 ,, ,, 75500 236 19 ,, ,, 90000 249 GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 1st day of April, 1975. BRENDAN CORISH, Minister for Social Welfare. EXPLANATORY NOTE. Consequent on increases in standard weekly rates of occupational injuries benefits effected by the Social Welfare Act, 1975 , these Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 77 of 1967 ) for the purpose of increasing rates of injury benefit payable to persons under the age of sixteen, amounts of disablement gratuities (and rates of pension which may be substituted therefor) appropriate to degrees of disablement below 20% and rates of constant attendance allowance. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais