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A 63 Nag[ti l-kunsens tieg[i. GEORGE HYZLER A;ent President 8 ta’ Marzu, 2005 (L.S.)

ATT Nru.

III ta’ l-2005 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-2005 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”.

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

Kap.

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(2) Dan l-Att g[andu jitqies li da[al fis-se[[ kif ;ej>- (a) Jannar, 2004< id-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikolu 11 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 ta’ l-artikoli 5 u 7 b’se[[ mill-1 ta’ Jannar, 2005< u (d) 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.
A 64 (a) minflok it-tifsira “Arbitru” g[andu jid[ol dan li ;ej>– “ “Arbitru” tfisser kull arbitru ma[tur ta[t l-artikolu 107 ta’ dan l-Att.”< (b) fit-tifsira ta’ “Direttur”, fil-proviso relattiv, minflok il- kliem “sew id-Direttur (Sigurtà Soçjali) sew il-Kummissarju tat- Taxxi Interni” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “id-Direttur (Sigurtà Soçjali) jew il-Kummissarju tat-Taxxi Interni” u 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<”< (ç) 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 (d) 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”< (e) 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>- A 65 Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 12 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.
“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 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.” .
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Fl-artikolu 27 ta’ l-Att prinçipali – (a) fis-subartikolu (1), minflok is-subparagrafu (ii) tal- paragrafu (ç) sal-kliem “tas-subartikolu (3).” tal-paragrafu sussegwenti, g[andu jid[ol dan li ;ej>– Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 27 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.
“(ii) il-mezzi tag[ha fil-;img[a, kalkolati skond id-disposizzjonijiet tat-Taqsima V tat-Tieni Skeda li tinsab ma’ dan l-Att, ma jeççedux il-paga minima nazzjonali kif applikabbli lil persuni ta’ tmintax-il sena jew i]jed kif stabbilita b’Ordni ta’ Standard Nazzjonali ta[t l-Att dwar l-Impiegi u r-Relazzjonijiet Industrijali< tkun intitolata g[al Pensjoni g[al Di]abilità ta[t dan l-Att u l- og[la rata tag[ha, inklu]i kull ]idiet skond id-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikolu 90 li jinsab ma’ dan l-Att, g[andha tkun dik A 66 skond it-Taqsima III tas-Sitt Skeda ta’ dan l-Att u skond id- disposizzjonijiet tas-subartikolu (3) ta’ dan l-artikolu.”< u (b) fis-subartikolu (3), minflok il-proviso bil-kliem minn “I]da b’dak il-mod illi,” sal-kliem “dik il-pensjoni li tit[allas lill- mara ma tibqax ting[atalha.” g[andhom jid[lu dawn il-provisos li ;ejjin>– “I]da b’dan illi, salvi d-disposizzjonijiet ta’ l-artikolu 96 ta’ dan l-Att u tat-tieni proviso li hemm fil-paragrafu 4 tat- Taqsima V tat-Tieni Skeda li tinsab ma’ dan l-Att, meta persuna mi]]ew;a u l-konju;i jkunu t-tnejn jikkwalifikaw g[al pensjoni ta[t id-disposizzjonijiet ta’ dan l-artikolu jew ta’ l-artikolu 66 ta’ dan l-Att, dik il-pensjoni li tit[allas lil wa[da mill-konju;i ma tibqax ting[atalha> I]da wkoll b’effett mill-1 ta’ Jannar, 2005, meta persuna mi]]ew;a tkun tikkwalifika g[al pensjoni ta[t id- disposizzjonijiet ta’ dan l-artikolu, ir-rata applikabbli tkun dik kif indikata f’Taqsima III tas-Sitt Skeda li tinsab ma’ dan l- Att.”.
Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 28 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.

6.
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> “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.”.
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Fis-subartikolu (11) ta’ l-artikolu 30 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minflok il-kliem minn “skond id-disposizzjonijiet tal-Kodiçi ?ivili<” sal-kliem “u d-Direttur g[andu jqis kif dovut dawk ir-rapporti fl- e]erçizzju tad-diskrezzjoni tieg[u skond dan is-subartikolu>” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “skond id-disposizzjonijiet tal-Kodiçi ?ivili>”.

Kap.

424.

Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 30 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.

A 67 Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 31 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.

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

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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 (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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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 inkrement aççelerat.”.

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10.

Fl-artikolu 84 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara s-subartikolu (2) g[andu ji]died dan is-subartikolu ;did li ;ej> Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 84 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.

“(3) Il-Ministru responsabbli g[all-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.”.

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11.

Fl-artikolu 93 ta’ l-Att prinçipali, minnufih wara s-subartikolu (4), g[andu ji]died dan is-subartikolu ;did li ;ej>- Emenda ta’ l- artikolu 93 ta’ l- Att prinçipali.
“(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 A 68 Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 107 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.
kontribuzzjoni li tista’ tkun dovuta lill-Gvern skond id- disposizzjonijiet ta’ dan l-artikolu.”.

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L-artikolu 107 ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu ji;i emendat kif ;ej>– (a) minflok in-nota mar;inali li hemm ma’ l-artikolu g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem “{atra ta’ Arbitri.”< (b) minflok is-subartikolu (1) g[andu jid[ol dan li ;ej>– “(1) G[all-finijiet ta’ dan l-Att, il-Ministru jista’ ja[tar persuna jew aktar sabiex iservu ta’ Arbitri fil-ka]ijiet kif jistg[u ji;u riferuti lilhom minn ]mien g[al ]mien, b’dan illi> (a) f’kull ka] il-persuna ma[tura irid ikollha warrant biex te]erçita l-professjoni ta’ avukat f’Malta g[al mill-anqas seba’ snin< u (b) il-[atra tkun g[al ]mien sena.”< (ç) is-subartikolu (5) g[andu ji;i m[assar< u (d) is-subartikolu (6) g[andu ji;i enumerat mill-;did b[ala s-subartikolu (5).
}ieda ta’ l-artikolu 116B ;did ma’ l-Att prinçipali.

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Minnufih wara l-artikolu 116A ta’ l-Att prinçipali g[andu jid[ol dan l-artikolu 116B ;did li ;ej>– “:bir ta’ arretrati ta’ kontribuzzjo- nijiet mhux im[allsa.

116B.
116B.

pre;udizzju (1) Ming[ajr g[ad- disposizzjonijiet ta’ dan l-Att, u b’effett mit-3 ta’ Jannar, 2005, arretrati dovuti dwar kontribuzzjonijiet ta’ l-Ewwel Klassi jew tat-Tieni Klassi mhux im[allsa g[al xi perjodu qabel l-1 ta’ Jannar, 1998, g[andhom ikunu dovuti u g[andhom jit[allsu lill-Kummissarju tat-Taxxi Interni.
(2) G[all-fini ta’ l-e]ekuzzjoni tal-;bir ta’ arretrati dwar dawk il-kontribuzzjonijiet mhux im[allsa kif imsemmi fis-subartikolu (1) ta’ dan l-artikolu, il-poteri mog[tija lid- Direttur tas-Sigurtà Soçjali fit-Taqsima X ta’ dan l-Att jistg[u ji;u e]erçitati wkoll mill-Kummissarju tat-Taxxi Interni.”.

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 “wie[ed mid-Dipartiment g[all-{arsien ta’ l-Anzjani, wie[ed mid-Dipartiment tal-Welfare u” g[andhom jid[lu l-kliem A 69 “wie[ed mid-Dipartiment g[all-Anzjani u Servizzi fil-Komunità, wie[ed mid-Dipartiment tas-Sigurtà Soçjali u”.

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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”.

Emenda ta’ l-artikolu 132 ta’ l-Att prinçipali.

__________ Mg[oddi mill-Kamra tad-Deputati fis-Seduta Nru.

244 tat-2 ta’ Marzu, 2005.

RICHARD J. CAUCHI Skrivan tal-Kamra tad-Deputati ANTON TABONE Speaker A 70 (L.S.)

I assent.

GEORGE HYZLER Acting President 8th March, 2005 ACT No.
III of 2005 AN ACT to amend the Social Security Act, Cap.

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, 2005, 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 11 with effect from the 3rd (b) the provisions of articles 3 and 4 with effect from the 5th January, 2004< and (c) the provisions of articles 5 and 7 with effect from the 1st January, 2005< and (d) the remaining provisions upon enactment of this Act.

2.

Subarticle (1) of article 2 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- A 71 Amendment of article 2 of the principal Act.
(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, “either the Director (Social Security) of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue” there shall be substituted the words “the Director (Social Security) or the Commissioner of Inland Revenue” and 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<”< (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”< and (e) for the definition “Umpire” there shall be substituted the following>– A 72 “ “Umpire” means any umpire appointed under article 107 of this Act.”.
Amendment of article 3 of the principal Act.

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In subarticle (2) of article 3 of the principal Act, immediately after the proviso thereto, there shall be added the following further proviso>- Amendment of article 12 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 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.”.
4.
Article 12 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>- (a) (3)< and subarticle (2) thereof shall be renumbered as subarticle (b) immediately after subarticle (1) thereof, there shall be added the following new subarticle> “(2) If a person in respect of whom subarticle (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 27 of the principal Act.

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In article 27 of the principal Act – (a) in subarticle (1), for sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (c) to the words “of subarticle (3)” of the subsequent paragraph, there shall be substituted the following>– “(ii) his weekly means, calculated in accordance with the provisions of Part V of the Second Schedule to this Act, do not exceed the national minimum wage as applicable to persons of eighteen years of age or over A 73 established by a National Standard Order under the Employment and Industrial Relations Act< shall be entitled to a Disability Pension under this Act and the highest rate of which, including any increases in terms of the provisions of article 90 of this Act, shall be such in accordance with Part III of the Sixth Schedule to this Act and with the provisions of subarticle (3) of this article.”< and (b) in subarticle (3), for the proviso starting with the words “sohowever that save as provided for” to the words “payable to the wife shall cease to be payable.” there shall be substituted the following provisos>– “Sohowever that, saving the provisions of article 96 of this Act and of the second proviso to paragraph 4 of Part V of the Second Schedule to this Act, where a married person and the spouse both qualify for a pension under the provisions of this article or of article 66 of this Act, any such pension as is payable to one of the spouses shall cease to be payable> Provided further that with effect from the 1st January, 2005, where a married person qualifies for a pension under the provisions of this article, the applicable rate shall be that payable in accordance with Part III of the Sixth Schedule to this Act.”.
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In subarticle (6) of article 28 of the principal Act, the words “article 18(6)(a), (b) and (c).” shall be substituted by the words> Amendment of article 28 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.”.
Cap.

424.

7.

In subarticle (11) of article 30 of the principal Act, for the words from “in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code<” to the words “and the Director shall take due account of such reports in the exercise of his discretion under this subarticle.” there shall be Amendment of article 30 of the principal Act.

A 74 Amendment of article 31 of the principal Act.

Amendment of article 58 of the principal Act.

substituted the words “in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Code>”.
8.

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.

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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.”.

Amendment of article 84 of the principal Act.

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In article 84 of the principal Act, immediately after subarticle (2) thereof there shall be added the following new subarticle> “(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.”.
Amendment of article 93 of the principal Act.

11.
In article 93 of the principal Act, immediately after subarticle (4) thereof, there shall be added the following new subarticle>- “(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 subarticle (1) of this article, the Director of the Department for A 75 Amendment of article 107 of the principal Act.
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.”.

12.
Article 107 of the principal Act shall be amended as follows>– (a) for the marginal note there shall be substituted the following words “Appointment of Umpires.”< (b) following>– for subarticle (1) thereof there shall be substituted the “(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may appoint one or more persons to serve as Umpires in cases that may be referred to them from time to time, sohowever that>– (a) in all cases the person so appointed shall have held a warrant to practise the profession of advocate in Malta for at least seven years< and (b) year.”< the appointment shall be for a period of one (c) subarticle (5) thereof shall be deleted< and (d) thereof.
subarticle (6) shall be renumbered as subarticle (5) 13.

Immediately after article 116A of the principal Act there shall be added the following new article 116B>– Addition of new article 116B to the principal Act.

“Collection of arrears of unpaid contributions.

116B.
116B.

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of this Act, and with effect from the 3rd January, 2005, any arrears due in respect of any unpaid Class One or Class Two contributions for any period prior to the 1st January, 1998, shall be due and payable to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue.
(2) For the purpose of enforcing the payment of such arrears of unpaid contributions as mentioned in subarticle (1) of this article, the powers vested in the Director of Social Security by Part X of this Act may also be exercisable by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue.”.

A 76 Amendment of article 130 of the principal Act.

14.
14.

In subarticle (1) of article 130 of the principal Act, for the words “one from the Department for the Welfare of the Elderly, one from the Department of Welfare and” there shall be substituted the words “one from the Department for the Elderly and Community Services, one from the Department of Social Security and”.

Amendment of article 132 of the principal Act.

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15.

In subarticle (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”.

__________ Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No.

244 of 2nd March, 2005.


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