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C 779 Titolu fil-qosor u bidu fis-se[[.

Cap.

318.

ABBOZZ TA' LI:I msejja[ ATT biex jemenda l-Att dwar is-Sigurtà Soçjali, Kap.

318.

IL-PRESIDENT, bil-parir u l-kunsens tal-Kamra tad-Deputati, imlaqqg[a f’dan il-Parlament, u bl-awtorità ta’ l-istess, [are; b’li;i dan li ;ej>- 1.
(1) It-titolu fil-qosor ta’ dan l-Att hu Att ta’ l-2004 li jemenda l-Att dwar is-Sigurtà Soçjali, u g[andu jinqara u jiftiehem [a;a wa[da ma’ l-Att dwar is-Sigurtà Soçjali, hawnhekk i]jed ’il quddiem imsejja[ “l-Att prinçipali”.

(2) Dan l-Att g[andu jitqies li da[al fis-se[[ kif ;ej>- (a) Jannar, 2004< id-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikolu 9 b’se[[ mit-3 ta’ (b) Jannar, 2004< u id-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikoli 3 u 4 b’se[[ mill-5 ta’ (ç) id-disposizzjonijiet li jifdal meta dan l-Att isir li;i.

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2.

Is-subartikolu (1) ta’ l-artikolu 2 ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu jigi emendat kif ;ej>- Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 2 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.
C 780 (a) fit-tifsira “Direttur”, fil-proviso relattiva, minflok il- kliem, “skond ma jkun me[tie; il-ka]<” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “skond ma jkun je[tie; il-ka]>” u minnufih wara dak il-proviso g[andu ji]died dan il-proviso ;did li ;ej> “I]da wkoll g[ar-rigward tad-disposizzjonijiet tas- subartikolu (1) ta’ l-artikolu 93 ta’ dan l-Att, u salv kif xort’o[ra provdut, il-kelma Direttur tfisser id-Direttur responsabbli g[ad-Dipartiment g[all-Anzjani u Servizzi fil- Komunità, u tinkludi kull uffiçjal pubbliku fid-dipartiment tieg[u li jissemma minnu<”< (b) fit-tifsira “Ministru” minflok il-kliem, “jew g[al serje ta’ g[anijiet<” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “jew klassi ta’ g[anijiet>” u minnufih wara dik it-tifsira g[andu ji]died dan il-proviso li ;ej> “I]da g[ar-rigward tad-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikolu 93, 130 u 131, u salv kif xort’o[ra provdut, il-kelma Ministru tfisser il-Ministru responsabbli g[all-anzjani u tinkludi kull uffiçjal pubbliku li jissemma minn dak il-Ministru g[al xi g[an partikolari jew klassi ta’ g[anijiet<”< u (ç) fit-tifsira “persuna gravament disabilitata” fil-paragrafu (ç) tag[ha, minflok il-kliem “TC II Deficiency< jew” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “TC II Deficiency” u minnufih wara dawk il-kliem g[andhom ji]diedu l-kliem “Cerebellar Ataxia< jew”< (d) minflok it-tifsira “sena ta’ benefiççju” g[andu jid[ol dan li ;ej>- “ “sena ta’ benefiççju” tfisser il-perjodu li jibda fl-ewwel Tnejn ta’ Jannar u jtemm fl-a[[ar {add qabel l-ewwel Tnejn ta’ Jannar tas-sena ta’ wara<”.
Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 3 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.

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Fis-subartikolu (2) ta’ l-artikolu 3 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara l-proviso relattiva, g[andu ji]died dan il-proviso ie[or li ;ej>- “I]da wkoll fil-ka] ta’ persuna mi]]ew;a li ma tkunx legalment separata jew ma tkunx ;iet abbandunata mill-konju;i tag[ha u li fl-4 ta’ Jannar, 2004 kellha impjieg assigurabbli u li wara dik id-data tkun temmet l-impjieg tag[ha biex tibbenefika minn skema ta’ rtirar kmieni mix-xog[ol, skond ma jista’ jkun approvat mill-Ministru responsabbli g[all-finanzi, jew tkun qabel dik id-data rikonoxxuta b[ala tali mid-Direttur, dik il-persuna g[andha titqies, jekk hekk tag[]el, b[ala persuna li timpjega lilha C 781 Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 12 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.
nnifisha jekk meta ttemm l-impjieg tag[ha hija tkun tissodisfa l- kondizzjonijiet ta’ kontribuzzjonijiet minimi me[tie;a skond il- paragrafu 2 tal-{dax-il Skeda, kif kalkolati minn meta tkun g[alqet it-tmintax-il sena sad-data meta tkun temmet l-a[[ar impjieg tag[ha.”.

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Artikolu 12 ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu jigi emendat kif ;ej>- (a) is-subartikolu (2) g[andu ji;i enumerat mill-;did b[ala s-subartikolu (3)< u (b) minnufih wara s-subartikolu (1), g[andu ji]died dan is- subartikolu ;did li ;ej> “(2) Jekk persuna li dwarha japplika s-subartikolu (1) ta’ dan l-artikolu tkun persuna mi]]ew;a li tkun legalment separata u li ma tkunx qed ta[dem g[aliha nnifisha, allura dik il-persuna tista’ tag[]el li jkollha l-manteniment li jing[atalha mill-konju;i l-ie[or esklu] mill-kalkolu ta’ mezzi mag[mul skond id-disposizzjonijiet tat-Taqsima I tat-Tieni Skeda li tinsab ma’ dan l-Att.” .
5.

Fis-subartikolu (6) ta’ l-artikolu 28 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minflok il-kliem “fl-artikolu 18(6)(a), (b) u (ç)” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem> Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 28 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.
“fl-artikolu 18(6) (a), (b) u (ç) ta’ dan l-Att, u meta tkun in;iebet prova li l-persuna involuta tkun a;;ixiet b’mod negli;enti billi ma tkunx tat ka] tal-prekawzjonijiet ta’ sigurtà li kienet dovuta tag[ti ka] tag[hom skond ma hemm fl-Att dwar l-Awtorità g[as- Sa[[a u s-Sigurtà fuq il-Post tax-Xog[ol, u b’hekk tkun ikka;unat l-inçident li jkun wassal g[all-korriment> I]da meta tin;ieb prova li l-prinçipal kien qieg[ed jikser xi disposizzjoni ta’ l-Att dwar l-Awtorità g[as-Sa[[a u s- Sigurtà fuq il-Post tax-Xog[ol, id-Direttur jista’ jitlob lura ming[and il-prinçipal kull benefiççju li jkun ;ie m[allas lill- persuna assigurata dwar dak l-inçident.”.
Kap.

424.

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L-artikolu 31 ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu jigi emendat kif ;ej>- (a) fil-paragrafu (a), il-kliem “meta dwar dak l-iben jew dik il-bint tkun qed tit[allas allowance ta[t l-artikolu 76” g[andhom jit[assru< u Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 31 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

C 782 Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 58 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

(b) fil-paragrafu (b), il-kliem, “meta tkun qed tit[allas allowance ta[t l-artikolu 76 dwar dak l-iben jew bint” g[andhom jit[assru.

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7.

L-artikolu 58 ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu jigi emendat kif ;ej>- (a) fil-paragrafu (a), fis-subparagrafu (ii), minflok il-kliem “kontribuzzjoni< u” g[andha tid[ol il-kelma “kontribuzzjoni<”< (b) fil-paragrafu (b), minflok il-kliem “bona fide.” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “bona fide< u”< (ç) minnufih wara l-paragrafu (b), g[andu ji]died dan il- paragrafu ;did li ;ej> “(ç) kull inkriment aççelerat.”.

Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 84 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

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8.

Fl-artikolu 84 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara s-subartikolu (2) g[andu ji]died dan is-subartikolu ;did li ;ej> “(3) Il-Ministru responsabbli g[al l-Anzjani jista’, minn ]mien g[al ]mien u bi ftehim mal-Ministru responsabbli g[all- finanzi, jag[mel regolamenti bil-g[an li jistabbilixxi l- kontribuzzjoni dovuta minn residenti ta’ Servizzi Residenzjali Finanzjati mill-Istat skond l-artikolu 93 ta’ dan l-Att.”.

Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 93 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

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Fl-artikolu 93 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara s-subartikolu (4), g[andu ji]died dan is-subartikolu ;did li ;ej>- “(5) Meta ebda benefiççju, pensjoni, bonus, g[ajnuna jew allowance ma jkunu dovuti lil resident ta’ Servizz Residenzjali Finanzjat mill-Istat, u sew jekk tali benefiççju, pensjoni, bonus, g[ajnuna jew allowance ikunux jit[allsu ta[t dan l-Att sew jekk minn xi sorsi o[ra , jew meta tali benefiççju, pensjoni, bonus, g[ajnuna jew allowance ikunu inqas mill-ammont dovut b[ala kontribuzzjoni, kif speçifikat skond is-subartikolu (1) ta’ dan l- artikolu, id-Direttur tad-Dipartiment g[all-Anzjani u Servizzi fil- Komunità jkollu s-setg[a li jag[mel kuntratt ma’ dak ir-resident u, jew kull parti o[ra, skond il-[tie;a tal-ka], dwar kull kontribuzzjoni li tista’ tkun dovuta lill-Gvern skond id- disposizzjonijiet ta’ dan l-artikolu.”.
Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 130 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

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Fis-subartikolu (1) ta’ l-artikolu 130 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minflok il-kliem “Dipartiment g[all-{arsien ta’ l-Anzjani” g[andu jid[ol il-kliem “Dipartiment g[all-Anzjani u Servizzi fil-Komunità”.

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Fis-subartikolu (1) ta’ l-artikolu 132 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara l-kliem “fil-Kummissarju tat-Taxxi Interni” g[andhom ji]diedu l-kliem “, jew fid-Direttur tad-Dipartiment g[all-Anzjani u Servizzi fil-Komunità”.
C 783 Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 132 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

____________ G[anijiet u Ra;unijiet L-g[an ta’ l-Abbozz hu dak li jimplimenta çerti mi]uri amministrattivi u o[rajn li huma me[tie;a skond l-Att dwar is-Sigurtà Soçjali, Kap.

318, u biex jikkonforma disposizzjonijiet o[ra ma’ l-istruttura amministrattiva korrenti tal-Ministeru responsabbli g[all-anzjani.

C 784 A BILL entitled AN ACT to amend the Social Security Act, Cap.

318.
318.

BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows>- Short title and commencement.

Cap.

318.

1.

(1) The short title of this Act is the Social Security (Amendment) Act, 2004, and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the Social Security Act, hereinafter referred to as “the Principal Act”.
(2) This Act shall be deemed to have come into force as follows>- (a) January, 2004< the provisions of Article 9 with effect from the 3rd (b) the provisions of Articles 3 and 4 with effect from the 5th January, 2004< and (c) the remaining provisions upon enactment of this Act.

Amendment of article 2 of the principal Act.

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Sub-article (1) of article 2 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- C 785 (a) the following>- for the definition “benefit year” there shall be substituted “ “benefit year” means the period starting from the first Monday in January and ending on the last Sunday before the first Monday in January of the following year<”< (b) in the definition “Director”, in the proviso thereto, for the words, “as the case may require<” there shall be substituted the words “as the case may require>” and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following new proviso> “Provided further that in respect of the provisions of sub- article (1) of article 93 of this Act, and save as otherwise provided, the word Director means the Director responsible for the Department of the Elderly and Community Services, and includes any public officer in his department designated by him<”< (c) in the definition “Minister” for the words, “or class of purposes<” there shall be substituted the words “or class of purposes>” and immediately thereafter there shall be added the following proviso> “Provided that in respect of the provisions of article 93, 130 and 131, and save as otherwise provided, the word Minister means the Minister responsible for the elderly and includes any officer designated by the said Minister for a particular purpose or class of purposes<”< and (d) in the definition “severely disabled person” in paragraph (c) thereof, for the words “TC II Deficiency< or” there shall be substituted the words “TC II Deficiency” and immediately thereafter there shall be added the words “Cerebellar Ataxia< or”.
3.

In sub-article (2) of article 3 of the principal Act, immediately after the proviso thereto, there shall be added the following further proviso>- Amendment of article 3 of the principal Act.
“Provided further that in the case of any married person who is not legally separated or who has not been abandoned by his spouse and who on the 4th January, 2004 was in insurable employment and who after that date terminated his employment so as to partake of an early retirement scheme, as may be approved by the Minister responsible for finance, or is prior to the said date recognized as such by the Director, such person shall, if he so C 786 Amendment of article 12 of the principal Act.
elects, be deemed to be a self-employed person if on his termination from his employment he satisfies the minimum contribution conditions required in terms of paragraph 2 of the Eleventh Schedule, calculated from his eighteenth birthday up to the date of his termination of his last employment.”.

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Article 12 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- (a) (3)< and sub-article (2) thereof shall be renumbered as sub-article (b) immediately after sub-article (1) thereof, there shall be added the following new sub-article> “(2) If a person in respect of whom sub-article (1) of this article applies is a married person who is legally separated and who is not gainfully occupied, then such person may opt to have any maintenance paid to him by the other spouse excluded from the calculation of means made in accordance with the provisions of Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act.” .
Amendment of article 28 of the principal Act.

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In sub-article (6) of article 28 of the principal Act, the words “article 18(6)(a), (b) and (c).” shall be substituted by the words> Cap.

424.

Amendment of article 31 of the principal Act.
“article 18(6) (a), (b) and (c) of this Act, and where it has been proven that the person concerned has acted negligently by disregarding any safety precautions that he was obliged to take in terms of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, thereby causing the accident that resulted in the injury> Provided that where it is proven that the employer was in breach of any of the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, the Director may claim from the employer any benefit paid to the insured person relating to such accident.”.
6.

Article 31 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- (a) in paragraph (a) thereof, the words “where an allowance under article 76 is being paid in respect of such child” shall be deleted< and (b) in paragraph (b) thereof, the words, “where an allowance under article 76 is being paid in respect of such son or daughter” shall be deleted.

C 787 Amendment of article 58 of the principal Act.

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Article 58 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- (a) in paragraph (a) thereof, in sub-paragraph (ii), for the words “was payable< and” there shall be substituted the words “was payable<”< (b) in paragraph (b) thereof, for the words “bona fide.” there shall be substituted the words “bona fide< and”< (c) immediately after paragraph (b) thereof, there shall be added the following new paragraph> “(c) any accelerated increment.”.

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In article 84 of the principal Act, immediately after sub-article (2) thereof there shall be added the following new sub-article> Amendment of article 84 of the principal Act.

“(3) The Minister responsible for the elderly may, from time to time and with the concurrence of the Minister responsible for finance, make regulations for the purpose of establishing the contribution due by residents of State Financed Residential Services in terms of article 93 of this Act.”.

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In article 93 of the principal Act, immediately after sub-article (4) thereof, there shall be added the following new sub-article>- Amendment of article 93 of the principal Act.
“(5) Where no benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance is due to a resident of a state financed residential service, and whether such benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance is payable under this Act or from any other source, or where such benefit, pension, bonus, assistance or allowance is less than the amount that is due by way of a contribution, as specified in terms of sub-article (1) of this article, the Director of the Department for the Elderly and Community Services shall be empowered to enter into a contract with such resident and, or any other party, as the case may require, for any contribution that may be due to Government in accordance with the provisions of this article.”.
10.

In sub-article (1) of article 130 of the principal Act, for the words “Department for the Welfare of the Elderly” there shall be substituted the words “Department for the Elderly and Community Services”.

Amendment of article 130 of the principal Act.

C 788 Amendment of article 132 of the principal Act.

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11.

In sub-article (1) of article 132 of the principal Act, immediately after the words “in the Commissioner of Inland Revenue” there shall be added the words “, or in the Director of the Department for the Elderly and Community Services”.

________________ Objects and Reasons The object of the Bill is to implement certain administrative and other measures necessary in terms of the Social Security Act, Cap.
318, and to bring other provisions in line with the current administrative structure of the Ministry responsible for the elderly.