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No. 18 ] National Insurance Corporation
Act [
2000.
SAINT
LUCIA
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No. 18 of 2000
Arrangement of Sections
PART 1
Preliminary
1.
Short title.
2.
Interpretation.
PART II
Establishment and Administration of the National
Insurance Fund
and the National Insurance Corporation
3.
Establishment
of National Insurance Fund.
4.
Establishment
of National Insurance Corporation.
5. National
Insurance Board.
6. Minister’s
powers and Board’s duty to give advice and submit annual reports.
7. Committees
of the Board.
8. Validity
of Board’s actions and protection of members.
9. Power
of Board to enter into arrangements with public authorities.
10. Appointment,
duties and powers of Director.
11. Termination
of Director’s appointment and resignation.
12. Deputy
Director.
13. Board
to appoint Secretary.
14. Inspectors.
15. Appointment
of other officers.
16. Appointment
of Legal, Medical Officers and other advisors.
17. Transfer
from Public Service and vice versa.
18. Declaration
of secrecy.
19. Present
employees retained.
PART III
Finance
20. Investment
Committee.
21. Investment
of surplus moneys.
22. Accounts
and financial statements.
23. Board
to submit financial statement for laying before the House.
24. Actuarial
review.
25. Approval
of borrowing by Minister and of the House for guarantee of any borrowing.
PART IV
Insured
Persons and Contributions
26. Persons
insured.
27. Self-employed
persons; persons under sixteen years; or over sixty years, and voluntary
persons.
28. Liability
to make deductions and contributions.
29. Exceptions
from liability to make contributions.
30. Regulations
for employee/employer contributions and for exemptions.
31. Liability
of person providing employees to others.
32. Deductions
from wages.
33. Payment
of contributions.
34. Surcharge
for late payment.
35. Crediting
of unpaid contributions.
36. Employment
by more than one employer.
37. Contributions
and other payments where benefit drawn.
38. Contributions
or benefits to be inalienable.
39. Regulations
relating to payment and collection of contributions.
40. Contributions
exempt from Income Tax Act 1989.
PART V
Benefits
41. Benefits
42. Entitlement
to benefit
43. Contribution
credits during receipt of short-term benefit
44. Conditions
for sickness benefit
45. Conditions
for invalidity benefit
46. Calculation
of day of incapacity for work
47. Regulations
for sickness and invalidity benefits
48. Maternity
grant and allowance
49. Entitlement
to maternity allowance
50. Regulations
for maternity allowance
51. Calculation
of daily rate of maternity allowance
52. Unmarried
women and maintenance under Affiliation Ordinance
53. Hospitalisation
grant
54. Scheme
of medical insurance
55. Survivors
benefit
56. Survivors’s
pension and grant
57. Regulations
relating to survivor’s benefits
58. Matters
affecting entitlement to retirement pension
59. Entitlement
to retirement grant
60. Regulations
concerning retirement pensions and grants
61. Funeral
grant
62. Employment
injuries
63. Presumptions
regarding employment injuries
64. Conditions
where employment injury benefit not payable
65. Regulations
for employment injury
PART VI
Public
Officers and Employees of Statutory Boards
66. Regulations
for treating civil servants as insured persons
67. Modification
or repeal of Public Service Pension Scheme
PART VII
Mariners
and Aircraft Personnel
68. Regulations
for mariners and aircraft personnel
69. Regulations
re wives or widows of mariners and aircraft personnel
PART VIII
Registration
of Beneficiaries
70. Application
for registration
PART IX
Agreements
with Foreign Governments
71. Reciprocal
agreements with other countries
PART X
Exempted
Schemes
72. Regulations
for exempted schemes
PART XI
Adjudication
and Legal Proceedings
73. Adjudication
and appeals
74. Unpaid
contribution to rank as priviledged debt
75. Joint
liability of firm and officers
76. Certified
copy as evidence
77. Civil
proceedings
78. Execution
and enforcement of judgments in certain circumstances
79. “Garnishment”
80. Joint
liability of third parties in civil proceedings
81. Recovery
by way of distress warrant
82. Offences
and penalties
83. Recovery
of contributions in proceedings under this Act
84. Proceedings
against employer for benefit lost by default
85. Disclosure
of information by Inland Revenue Department
86. Proceedings
to be in Director’s name or person authorised
PART XII
Miscellaneous
87. Members
of Board or Tribunal or Investment Committee not disqualified from
membership of Parliament
88. Exemption
from taxes
89. Private
schemes
90. Assessment
of damages against employer
91. Regulations
92. Power
to remove difficulties
93. Repeal
and savings
94. Commencement
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
FOURTH SCHEDULE
FIFTH SCHEDULE
I Assent
[L.S.] PEARLETTE LOUISY,
Governor-General.
15th September, 2000.
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