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20 of 1969 THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1969.

THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY (PERSONS ABROAD AND VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTORS) REGULATIONS, 1969.

In eY.ercise of the powers conferred upon the Ministier by sections 11, 15, 48 and 51 of the National Insurance and Social Security Act, 1969, and by virtue and in exercise of all other powers enabling him in that behalf the following Regulations are hereby made:- 1.
These Regulations may be cited as tlhe National Insurance ~:u~m- and Social Security (Persons Abroad and Voluntary Contributors) mencem ent.

Regulations, 1969 and shall come into operation on the appointed day.

2. requiires - In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpre tauon.
"contribution week" means a period of seven days com mencing immediately after twelve o'clock midnight on each Sunday and ending at twelve o'clock midnight on the Sunday next following; "wage group" means the group set out in the first to third columns of the Schedule to the National Insurance and Social Security ( Collection of Contributions) Regulations, 1969.

3.

(1) Where a person in insurable employment ceases to be so Payment.
employed in Guyana but is employed (whether by the same or by a ~~0~ r~nbu different employer) outside Guyana in continuation of such employ- res!

'=: of ment, that employment outside Guyana shall, subject to the provisions ~i~~d.
of these Regulations, be treated as insurable employment for the period for which contributions are payable under sub-paragraph (a) of para- graph (2) of this regulation: 0 Provided that the employer has a place of business in Guyana and the insured person concerned is ordinarily resident in Guyana.
(2) Where undtr paragraph ( 1) of this regulation employ ment outside Guyana is treated as insurable employme:nt the following pro,isions shall apply with respect to the payment of contributions - (a) Contributions shall be payable at the appropriate rates specified in column 6 of the Schedule to the National Insurance and Social Security ( Collection of Contributions) Regulations, 1969: Provided that such contributions shall be oayable in respect of such empfoyment - • (i) during the period of twelve months from the commencement thereof; or 130 (ii) until the employment outside Guyana ceases; or (iii) until either of the conditions se t out in the pro viso to paragraph ( 1) of this regulation ceases to be satlisfied, whichever event occurs first.
After the completion of the period for which contri butions are payable under sub-paragraph (a), the insured person shall for any contribution week there after during the whole of which he is outside Guyana be entitled to contribuite as a voluntary contributor.

(b ) Special provisions rdating l O persons o utside G uya na on :.he appoint t d day.

4.
4.

Where a person is employed in employment outside Guy- ana immediately prior tc the appointed day whch would have been treated as insurable employment by virtue of rthe provisions of regula tion 3 had the employment outside Guyana commenced on or after the a ppointed day, that :employment outside Guyana shall be treated as insurable employment and the provisions of regulation 3 shall apply : Contribu• tion as a non-employ ed p erson in res'!

)ect of periods o utside G uyana.

VoJ,untary contribu tors.


Provided that where any such person commenced the said employ ment outside Guyana on a date more than twelve months prior to the appointed day, the provisions of this regulation shall not apply to him .

5.
5.

Where an insured person to whom regulation 3 applie~ is throughout any contribution week outside Guyana and is not in that week gainfully occupied in insurable employment, he shall not be liable to pay any contribution as an insured person for tihat week: Provided that he shall be entitled at his option to contribute as a voluntary contributor if he satisfied the conditions relating to volun tary insurance under these Regulations.

6.
6.

( 1) A person who - · (a) is sixteen years of age or over, bull: not sixty-five years of age; and (b) is orilinarily resident in Guyana; and ( c) ceases to be liable for contributions in respect of employment; and ( d) has paid or has had paid in respect of him at least one hundred contributions, shall be entitled to become a voluntary contributor : .
Provided that the condition of having paid or having had paid 10 respect of him at least one hun~lred contributions shall not apply to a pe~son who, purs_uant to regulation 3(2) (b) or by ithat regulation as applied by regulation 4 elects to be iosured as a voluntary contri butor.

(2 >.
(2 >.

_A certificate of volun_tary insurance shall be given, subject to the provmons of these Regulations, to a person who makes applic ation to the Board for such a certificate on a form approved by the 131 Board before the end of the thirteenth contribution week after cealsiing at any time to be employed in insurable employment.
( 3) A certificate of vol unitary insurance shall ent~tle the person to whom it is issued to pay voluntary contributions valid for old age benefit or survivor's benefit only, for any week not earlier than thirteen contribution weeks prior to the date of application, in respect of any contribution week for which no contribution is otherwise payable by him or on his behalf for tihat week.
( 4) The contributions which a voluntary contributor shall pay under paragraph (3) of this regulation shall be determined by tthe Board by reference to the wage group in which the voluntary con tributor has paid the greatrost number of contributions during the two years immediately pre('eding the date of last cessation of insurable employment or such other period as the Board may, in the particular circumstances of the case.

think fit.
think fit.

(5) The Board shall notify the voluntary contributor of the contribution due anci such contributions shall be paid by remittance to the Board not later than the thirty-first day of December of the year in which they are due: Provided that the Board may in its discretion and if satisfied tlhat there are extenuating circumstances allow payment within six weeks after the said date.
(6) A person holding a certificate of voluntary insurance shall cease to be entitled to pay voluntary contributions until he has re qualified by the payment or the payment in respect of him of a further fifty contributions if he fails to pay within the period specified in paragraph ( 5) of this regulaition, voluntary contributions for each contribution week for which a contribution is not otherwise payable.

Made this 26th day of August, 1969.

W. CARRINGTON, Minister of Labour and Social Security.