Cap. 318 Art. 13Payment of the Class One contribution by persons employed outside Malta.

(1) A person who -

(a) is employed under a contract of service outside Malta in such manner that he is not in insurable employment, and

(b) retains his ordinary residence in Malta, may, at his request and with effect from such date, not being later than the date of such request, as the Director may determine, instead of paying a Class Two contribution, pay a Class One contribution; and, for this purpose, no contribution shall be payable by or on behalf of or in respect of his employer.

(2) The contribution payable under sub-article (1) of the article shall be paid in the same form and manner and at the same intervals as for contributions payable by self-employed persons in accordance with article 11; and such contributions shall remain payable in respect of any period during which the conditions specified in sub-article (1)(a) and (b), continue to apply.