Cap. 318 Art. 15Contributions by certain categories of persons.

(1) A self-occupied person who is liable to pay a Class Two contribution under the provisions of this Act, other than those of article 14, and who is engaged by another person to perform services as an outworker or as a tourist guide or as a driver of a

Government impressed vehicle shall be entitled to receive from such person or from Government, as the case may be, in addition to the remuneration due to him under the terms of his agreement, an amount corresponding to 1/16 of the remuneration payable for such services, towards the payment of Class Two contributions payable under this Act by such a self-occupied person. (2) Repealed by Act II. 2004.18.

(3) For the purposes of sub-article (1), "outworker" means a person engaged to perform services in the physical manufacture of any article in his own time and in a place not provided by the person with whom he is so engaged, and who is remunerated at piece rates, and "Government impressed vehicle" means any vehicle which is impressed by Government in accordance with any procedure which is laid down by Government for this purpose.

(4) With effect from the 5th January, 1998, a self-occupied person who is engaged as a casual social assistant by the Department for the Care of the Elderly, shall be entitled to retrieve from the Director, Care of the Elderly, the equivalent of the increase in the rate of the social security contribution payable by such person as a result of the cost-of-living increase awarded by Government in the rate of the national minimum wage as is payable to persons of eighteen years of age or over under the provisions of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act.

(5) With effect from the 7th January 2008, an employer who employs a severely disabled person or a visually impaired person in terms of this Act, shall be entitled to receive from the Government an amount corresponding to the share of social security contributions paid by the said employer in terms of this Act for the first 156 weeks of employment of the said person.

(6) With effect from the 7th January 2008, a person who is a severely disabled person and who employs a person as a carer shall be entitled to receive from the Government an amount corresponding to the share of social security contributions paid by such person as an employer in terms of this Act: Provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of this article, with effect from the 6th January 2014, an old person and, or a person who is certified to have a disability upon the advice given by the medical panel in accordance with article 106, who employs another person to take care of him or her, shall be exempted from the payment of the employer’s part of the Social Security contributions payable according to this Act.

(7) With effect from the 7th January 2008, a person who -

(a) is over 45 years of age; and

(b) has not been in gainful occupation for a minimum of five consecutive years; and

(c) has obtained a licence in accordance with the Trading Licences Act to carry out a self-occupation, shall be entitled to receive from the Government an amount corresponding to the amount of contributions payable under this Act from such self-occupation for the first 52 weeks.