Social Welfare Act, 1952

Rates of contributions.

87.—(1) The contributions payable under the Principal Act in respect of employed contributors shall be at the rates set out in the Table to this subsection, instead of the rates specified in section 16 of the Act of 1948, and references in any enactment to Part II of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act shall be construed as references to the Table to this subsection:

TABLE.

Rates of Contributions in Respect of Employed Contributors.

In the case of both men and women

1s. 2d. a week.

Contributions by Employers and Employed Contributors.

To be paid by the employer

7d. a week.

To be paid by the employed contributor (man or woman)

7d. a week.

(2) Subsection (1) of section 16 of the Act of 1948 is hereby repealed.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 6th day of October, 1952.