Cap. 318 ст. 124Proceedings against employer for benefit lost through employer’s default. Re-numbered by: XXIV. 1993.2.

(1) Where any employer has failed or neglected -

(a) to pay any contributions which under this Act he is liable to pay in respect of any employed person in his employment; or

(b) to comply, in relation to any such person, with the requirements of this Act relating to the payment and collection of contributions, and by reason thereof a person has lost, in whole or in part, any benefit, pension or allowance to which he would have been entitled, that person shall be entitled to recover from the employer as a civil debt a sum equal to the amount of the benefit, pension or allowance so lost, or such sum as the court, may, having regard to the circumstances of the case, determine.

(2) Proceedings may be taken under this article notwithstanding that proceedings have been taken under any other article of this Act in respect of the same failure or neglect.

(3) Proceedings under this article may notwithstanding the provisions of any law to the contrary, be brought at any time within two years after the date on which the person is informed in writing by the Director of this entitlement to any benefit, pension or allowance claimed by him under his Act.