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6 of 1971 REGULATIONS Made Under THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SE CURITY ACT, 1969 (No.

15 of 1969) IN EXERCISE OF IBE POWERS CONFERRED ON ME BY SECT'ION 51 OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE AND SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, 1969, I HEREBY MAKE THE FOLLOWING REGULATIONS.

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These Regulations may be cited as the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971, and amend the National Insurance and Social Security (Benefit) Regulations, 1969, hereinafter referred to as the Principal Regulations.

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The Principal Regulations are hereby amended in the following (a) by the addition of the undermentioned definition after that of "the Act", in regulation 2 (1 ) . '
"average wage" means~ (a) in the case of a person paid monthly, the total amount of wages paid for the month previous to the month in which the first day of interruption of employment occurred; (b) in the case of a perison paid weekly or fortnightly, the total amount of wages paicj ·for each .<;qmplete week or fort night, .

.for the period of four weeks previous to the week in which ~e first ciay · of interruption of emploYiffient occurred divided by· Jcmr; ·:·.
· , :·_; ' ( c) in the case of a person who was · not employed by the same employer for the whole of the period of one month or four weeks as prescribed in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) the ~otal wi;g~s paid or payable .m that period by the last ~mployer divided by :the · number of days worked for him m that period and multiplied by •six; ( d) in the ~ase _of .a person eihp16y~d continuously or otherwise, in not being on a weekly, fortmghtly or monthly basis .
the .period of o~e mo~th or four weeks, as the case ~ay be, up .to and mcludmg the day of interruption o,f em ployment, the weekly wages payable to a person employed 72 THE 0FFiclAL GAZETTE-LEGAL SUPPLEMENT-B - .

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in the same category at the same work by the same em ployer, or if there is no such person so e1:11ployed, by such a person in the saime category emplo.>:ed m the sa_~e class of employment and in the same locahty; (e) in the case of a person who on the first day of the inter ruption of employment commenced his employment with an employer not being the employer or employers for whom he had been .
working in the period of four weeks prior to the first day of interruption of employment, the total wages paid or payable by hiis present employer for the first day of the interruption of employment, multiplied by six;'; (b) by the addition of the undermentioned definition after that of "dependant" in regulation 2(1)- ' "interruption of employment" means in tl_ie case of a claimant for sickness benefit, the period of incapacity for work and in the case of a claimant for maternity benefit, the period during which she is entitled to payment of maternity benefit;'; ( c) by the substitutioo of "forty-five" for "fifty-five" in regulation 14(3)(b)(i); (d) by adding the words "under the foregoing provisions of these Regulations" immediately after the word "grant" when it first o,ccurs in regulation 18 ( 1 ) ; ( e) by inserting a colon for the semi-colon at the end of paragraph ( 1) (b) of regulation 18 and adding the following proviso- " Provided that, where the dependant is the widow of the deceased, it shall not be necessary for 1her to prove that she is incapable of self-support;"; (f) by the ·substitution of the word · "or" for the word "and" where it appears for the second time in regulation 22; (g) b>: inserting a comma a~ter the words "emp'Loyed in" in .
regul the words "and paid thereafter ation 23 ( c) and adding contributions for,"; (h) (i) by renumbering regulation · 26 as ·regulation 26( 1) and inserting the words "serious and wilful" between the words "own" and "misconduct" in sub-paragraph (a); (ii) by adding the following paragraph to regulation 26 as paragraph (2) thereof - " (2) For the purposes of this regulation, "serious and wilful misconduct" .

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MAR., 1971 T'HE OFFICIAL GAZETTE-LEGAL SUPPLEMENT-B 73 (a) the claimant being under the influence of drugs or intoxicating drink; or (b) anY other act or omission which the Director may, having regard to aH the circumstances of the case, determine to be serious and wilful misconduct.
"; (i) by inserting a cqmma after the words "engaged in" in regul ation 28 (b) and adding thereafter the words "and paid con tributions for,"; and (j) by deleting aU the words beginning with the word "for" where it first appears in regulation 38 and ending with the word "made".

Made this 3rd day of March , 1971.

W. CARRINGTON, Minister of Labour and Social Security.

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