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THE OFFICIAL CAZETTE 8TH AUCUST, 1992 LECAL SUPPLEMENT- B GUYANA No.

21 of 1992 REGULATIONS Made Under THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACT (Cap.

36:01) IN EXERCISE OF THE POWERS OONFERRED UPON ME BY SECTIONS ·14, 20.

21, 39 and 51 OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, I HEREBY MAKE THE FOLLOWING REGULA TIONS:- 1.
These Regulations, which amend the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) Regulations*, may be cited as the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 1992.

Citation.

2 Regulation 14 (3) (d) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after the word "contracted" of the words "solely for the purpose of conferring the benefit and".

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Regulation 15 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph '(2) 'of the following para graph as paragraph (3) - Amendment of re.aruJ.a.

tion 14 of the Pr!.nci Dal Regula tions.

Amendment of regula tion 15 of the Prlncl nal ReP!a tioiiS.
212 THE OFFICIAL GAZEri'TE LEGAL SuPPLEMENT - B 8TH AuG, ·· 1992 "3) A survivor's benefit in the form of a pension shall b~ paid for the undermentioned periods - (a) to a widow from the date of death of her hus band for life: Provided that - ( i) (ii) if she re-marries or cohabits with a man who is not her husband, the payment of her basic rate of pen·· sion but not the increases already awarded for her dependants, shall the date of her re cease from marriage or cohabitation, as the case may be; if she re-marries she shall be en titled to a gratuity on termination of her basic rate of benefit in conse quence of her re-marriage of an amount equal to fifty-two times the· weekly rate of the basic pension to which she was then entitled ·but not to the increases already awarded in respect of dependants ; (b) to a widower from the date of death of his wife for life or until he is declared by a medical board to have become capable of work or until that qis the General Manager circumstances have so changed by re-marriage or otherwise that he no longer fulfills the con dition set out in regulation 14 (3) (c) (ii)".
is satisfied 4.

Regulations 17 ~b) and 18 1(1) (c) of the Principal Regula- tions are hereby amended by the substitution for the word "sixteen" of the word "eighteen".

5.

Regulation 25 (2) of the Prinicipal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for the word "last" of the word "best".

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6.

Regulation 26 (1) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for the full stop at the end, of a colon and the insertion thereafter of the following proviso - Amendment of rei!Ula tli.ons 17 & lR of the the Princi Pal Regula tions.

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t of ree:ula tion 25 of the Princi ual Re~tula­ tions.

Amendment of rei!Ula tion 26 of t.he Princi Pal Rell:ula tlons.
8Tit AuG, 1'992 THE OFFICIAL GAZ.ETTE LEGAL SuPPLEMENT - B 213 "Provided that a person shall not be disqualified for receiving the benefit by reason of refusing without reasonable cause to undergo surgery".

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Regulation 28A of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion of a full stop after the word "regulations" and the deletion of the words "provided that the woman shall re ceive the grant only once in a calendar year".

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8.

Regulation 30 (2) of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for the word "last" of the word "best".

Amendment of rel!ula tion 28 of the Princi Pal Regula tions.

Amendment of rel!Ula tion 30 of the Princi pal Regula tions .

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Regulation 36 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution for the words "eight hundred dollars" of the words "such sum as shall be determined by the Board from time to time".
Amendment of rel!Ula tion :!6 of the Princi pal Regula tions.

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Regulation 37 (1) {e) of the Principal Regulations is here- by amended by the insertion after the words "survivor's benefit" of the words "or old age benefit".

11.

Regulation 41 (a) of the Principal Regu{ations is hereby amended in the following -respects - Amendment of rel!Ula tion 37 of the Princi pal Regula tions.
Amendment of regula tion 41 of the Princi p al Regula tion s. (a) by the deletion of the words "or maternity benefit"; {b) by the insertion after paragraph (a) of the following paragraph as paragraph (aa) - ''.

(aa) a person shall not be disqualified for re ceiving maternity benefit by ·reason of being temporarily absent from Guyana for such period as the Board may allow having regard to the circumstances of the case; despite the fact that the person was not pregnant before she left Guyana".
Made this 7th day of August, 1992.

Carl B. Greenidge, Minister of Finance.